What I did on the plot today 2018

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2018
« Reply #285 on: July 16, 2018, 10:39 »
Over the weekend I loads of watering, plus planted out chard, erbette and fennel.

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2018
« Reply #286 on: July 21, 2018, 10:24 »
Watering... Weeding... pruning...

Also planted out some more Beetroot as we have gone through the last lot. Cauliflower has also been planted (although I may have been a bit late with these) hey ho we'll see how they go

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2018
« Reply #287 on: July 23, 2018, 09:17 »
Watering and weeding, weeding and watering (2 trips daily).  Sown some spring cabbage.

Most of last week was taken up by building the new greenhouse in our garden at home.  Looking forward to getting it up and running as this will make getting things started so much easier. 

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2018
« Reply #288 on: July 28, 2018, 18:01 »
My zig-zag strings which were supposed to provide support to my sweet corn failed their first test, although the wind was gusting up to 37mph earlier. Re-strung them with great difficulty ('twas so much easier when they were 4' rather than 6' tall and still vertical!)

Picked my first ripe tomato - Red Alert (as always.)
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Re: What I did on the plot today 2018
« Reply #289 on: August 11, 2018, 09:35 »
I had a major thin out in the greenhouse yesterday.  Pruned leaves from the cordon tomatoes so the remaining fruit can ripen.  Decided one bucket of trailing tomatoes was about done, so chucked them outside.  Spaced out the aubergines and peppers so they have more space.  I saw lots of flowers and fruits setting on the Trinidad Perfume peppers  :D

I can see things flipping into the new season soon, so came inside and sorted all my seeds for autumn planting - quick crop greens, salads, herbs for the greenhouse and stuff like spinach  :)

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2018
« Reply #290 on: August 24, 2018, 13:54 »
Still picking and shelling my butter beans and red kidney beans. Also still finding marrows.🤓
Hurray finally retired
two plots now 31A and 35A

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2018
« Reply #291 on: August 24, 2018, 22:10 »
picked some raspberries

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2018
« Reply #292 on: August 25, 2018, 09:12 »
Picked my polytunnel pumpkin and my one surviving melon.

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2018
« Reply #293 on: September 01, 2018, 20:49 »
I was there around 3 hours today.  I moved the compost bins on the big plot. They slot together, so I just dismantled them around the piles of compost and rebuilt them elsewhere.  I have a lot of clearing to do and need the bins ready to go.

Also dug over the area my overwintering garlic, shallots and Wizard beans are going, incorporating compost as I went. 

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2018
« Reply #294 on: September 02, 2018, 20:58 »
Another 3 hour stint today.  I dug over about half of my fenced area.  I've filled one compost bin with waste, jumping in occasionally and doing the time honoured compost bin stomp to firm it down.  That one is covered and cooking now, so on to the next  :lol:

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2018
« Reply #295 on: September 05, 2018, 18:41 »
2 hours done yesterday and I finished digging over the fenced area on the big plot.

2 hours today on the small plot.  I reclaimed my edge back from the side boundary and dug out an unproductive fruit bush in 1 of the fruit cages.  The fruit bush was a tussle, but I wasn't giving up.  It had to submit in the end.  I have a red currant on order to fill the gap.

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2018
« Reply #296 on: September 05, 2018, 20:36 »
A trip to the plot this morning to get the compost bins sorted for the manure I was being taken to collect this afternoon. The plan was always to fill bin 1, turn into bin 2 & so on, 4 bins plus an extra 1 for manure rotting down. That hasn’t really happened this year, I’ve ended up just bunging stuff in. So I turned bin 1 into bin 3. Then put layers of cardboard  into bin 1 & 2, followed by  some wood shavings, then some straw, well watered. Then off to get the manure. 53 bags later, I added 2 bags of manure to bin 1 & 2 as the next layer, followed by contents from bin 4 in layers with some clippings & more manure, topped off by more rotted compost. Phew that was tiring. Hopefully they’ll settle & sink & I can add more. Sleep & repeat. Lol.
Here’s a picture of when my bins were new to give an idea of the scale, each bin is about 1 metre square. Plus the extra 5th bin for the manure(well that was the plan)
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« Last Edit: September 05, 2018, 20:40 by snowdrops »
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Re: What I did on the plot today 2018
« Reply #297 on: September 10, 2018, 08:00 »
A trip to the plot this morning to get the compost bins sorted for the manure I was being taken to collect this afternoon. The plan was always to fill bin 1, turn into bin 2 & so on, 4 bins plus an extra 1 for manure rotting down. That hasn’t really happened this year, I’ve ended up just bunging stuff in. So I turned bin 1 into bin 3. Then put layers of cardboard  into bin 1 & 2, followed by  some wood shavings, then some straw, well watered. Then off to get the manure. 53 bags later, I added 2 bags of manure to bin 1 & 2 as the next layer, followed by contents from bin 4 in layers with some clippings & more manure, topped off by more rotted compost. Phew that was tiring. Hopefully they’ll settle & sink & I can add more. Sleep & repeat. Lol.
Here’s a picture of when my bins were new to give an idea of the scale, each bin is about 1 metre square. Plus the extra 5th bin for the manure(well that was the plan)

That's a great job ! I'm just about to show my husband your pictures. You should be able to hear him groan in about five seconds  :D.

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2018
« Reply #298 on: September 10, 2018, 08:35 »
A trip to the plot this morning to get the compost bins sorted for the manure I was being taken to collect this afternoon. The plan was always to fill bin 1, turn into bin 2 & so on, 4 bins plus an extra 1 for manure rotting down. That hasn’t really happened this year, I’ve ended up just bunging stuff in. So I turned bin 1 into bin 3. Then put layers of cardboard  into bin 1 & 2, followed by  some wood shavings, then some straw, well watered. Then off to get the manure. 53 bags later, I added 2 bags of manure to bin 1 & 2 as the next layer, followed by contents from bin 4 in layers with some clippings & more manure, topped off by more rotted compost. Phew that was tiring. Hopefully they’ll settle & sink & I can add more. Sleep & repeat. Lol.
Here’s a picture of when my bins were new to give an idea of the scale, each bin is about 1 metre square. Plus the extra 5th bin for the manure(well that was the plan)

That's a great job ! I'm just about to show my husband your pictures. You should be able to hear him groan in about five seconds  :D.

😂😂 I think I heard more of a scream.
All bins now filled & ive added plot clearings to the 5th bin(potato haulms) ready for when the filled ones settle a bit more, I layered the nearly finished compost with some manure to reactivate it in bin 4.

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2018
« Reply #299 on: September 10, 2018, 21:30 »
My day was very similar;

Day 1 of 4

Loaded a trailer full of well rotted horse manure into a trailer then after getting to the allotments wheeled it up hill to my plot, ended up as about 14 barrowfulls, placed 3 inches in one side of my polytunnel.
Then topped two half beds with 4 inches each.
Next load booked for Wednesday morning 😅😁
Then I filled two tubes with good soil ready to sow some autumn king carrots I know it's late but it's worth a go



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