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sowed some pepper seeds in the propagator, not much at the plot  :)
sorry, that was yesterday, going shopping with the littlies today  ;D ;D

Already!!!! Blimey! I'm finishing my coffee then I'm off to shift 38 barrowloads of mushroom compost and 5 of manure.

Today I am starting my seed sowing for this year. Tomatoes, mini peppers and dahlias. Will  probably add a few more to the list cos I know i will get carried away once I start. I will have to find a cure for this obsession.

I harvested some carrots in my toy tubs and covered them ready for the early spuds to go in them, also harvested some parsnips.
Covered some ground with a plastic cloche ready for some shallots.    ;D ;D ;D

swed marmande toms, tigerella toms, ayr cauli, greyhound cabbage and ishikura onions, transplanted some sweet peas to go into the poly tomorrow and emptied my storage box in the shed, a huge celeriac, half a dozen carrots and 2 parsnips, just starting to sprout but still firm, veggie soup, anyone  ;D

Cut a cabbage down the lottie,came home and emptied two compost bins and spread a load of muck on the veg plots at home.I was going to sow some seeds but the OH put the kettle on .Oh  and I ooh and aahd at our koi who have grown even more over the winter and are just waking up and moving about more,'trouble is before you know it you've lost half an hour  :-\

Quote from: cambourne7 on September 23, 2007, 18:20:09
What did you do in the garden today?

Though it would be a good idea to start a thread so people could put what they are doing on there plots?

Its amazing how much you actualy do when your pottering around.

cambourne7

yes it is interesting to read  about all the activity

Did a bit of digging, put in some garlic, and gave up when it started raining. Lifted some Jerusalems, and the last of the oca.

sowed some sweet peas, pricked out some toms and peppers, comandeered another windowsill in the house!

added another compost bin and turned turned the muck in the other 2 into it

dug our first ever beds!  and became very excited by all the seedlings sprouting up on the windowsills!

Too wet for the plot
On the windowseal :Leeks are 1.5- 3.5 inches high in an ice cream tub.
Tommies are up to 2.5 inches high. Roma, Red Cherry and Marmande doing well, only the Tigerella not germinating well only 6 out of 20 have germinated.
Cauli AYR are 1.5 inches +, 22 out of 25 up.
;D ;D ;D

Feeling very good after two half days down the plot sorting the paths out.

Our site had a delivery of free conifer shreddings, so my 13 yr old son was bribed to help me shift loads to top up the paths on main plot 98, and also put down membrane and make new paths on 'new' half plot next door 97b. I reckon we have moved about 8 gravel bags full over the two days, no wonder I'm cream crackered! It looks very neat at the moment, but I ache all over now..... ::) ;D ;D ;D

We're still frozen and snow covered so nothing happening in the garden apart from feeding the birds and hoping the leeks and curly kale are still OK.  All the other winter veg has been frozen to a mush - white sprouting, purple sprouting, biroccoli, mizuna, chard.......... 

Aparently a thaw is due to start on Thursday but it will also rai heavily.  I hope it stops by the weekend as I depserately need OH to turn the compost heaps and pile some on my veggie beds and I have a new hamamelis Orand Peel to plant out when the ground thaws.     

More digging. Pulled up loads of black plastic that had been sewn to the ground by roots.  >:( Looks great now though and the soil underneath is lovely and choc full of worms!

Nothing outside yet, its too wet.

Planted out a few seeds in trays for the spare room.

Lettuce: Mini Green, Little Gem and Salad Bowl.
Cabbage: Greyhound

Soaking some Peas (Onward) to do tomorrow.

5 of the 6 Broad Beans have sprouted and the second lot of leaves are on some, one of the tomatoes has some tiny leaves.  ;D

Beautiful day in here in South Essex so went over the plots and decided to dig over one of the beds. Despite yesterday's rain the soil was quite managaeable. Had a lovely couple of hours and now have a nice dug over bed to boot. Come on weather, improve from now on as I want to do more digging ;D ;D ;D

Sowed some Peppers.     ;D ;D ;D

I just stomped around muttering grumpily about the frost and winter and looked longingly at the great mounds of work that need doing kicked the raised beds and the giant greenhouse parcel sticking out of the shed just waiting for the frosts to be over enough to lay the cement dig the ground and get going!

Then i knocked of the yogurt pots of seedling sunflowers on my way in which made me curse some more so i had to go the chippy in disgust.

Back to the lab again pinky .
x sunloving

Gazed longingly at the lovely gardening weather here and nursed my sinistus. Can't even think about sowing seeds yet as we are away for a week and I don't want to leave them for a daughter to forget about. ::)