[sarah1983jane]

This week rather then today...
3 lots of potatoes in, was given an apple tree, redcurrant bush, blackcurrant bush and about 50 raspberry canes oh and 3 big clumps of rhubarb - after I dug them out of a friends garden. Gong to share the plants with others then take some to allotment thisafternoon
Oh my 3 year old neice planted some of her packet of skittles so I will be making her a skittle bush next time she visits...thinking peg bags of skittes onto the apple tree.

[dexyblue]

potting on tomatoes and chillies today at home, not going to lottie. Weather changed here and its cold 

[witchwoopiggy]

All ive been doing is digging every day most of this week, im shattered i ache my hands are swallen and i HATE clay soil i cant do any more digging i cant hold much with my hands there so swallen , i have added horse muck,home made compost , is there anything else i can do to break up the clay soil, its suposed to be my veg patch and from the sun we have had this week its as hard as nails

[Doddy]

Oh my 3 year old neice planted some of her packet of skittles so I will be making her a skittle bush next time she visits...thinking peg bags of skittes onto the apple tree.

Sweet!


Early morning did some electrical and plumbing work in the greenhouse (irrigation), but forgot the pipe from the pump to the header tank (doh!). Planted a second row of 1st-earlies and the first row of main-crop.

PM, got the wife down to pot-up a few seedlings we have growing, and to give me instructions for her melon bed (takes a useful 6ft x 2.5ft  narrow section of the plot that was otherwise doing nothing). Dug that out in readiness for the raised bed to go down, threw a bit of manure in the bottom.

Bought the timber for the bed then went down to the local nursery; 4 2-yr old asparagus plants later and as many freebie pots (they give them... we take them) as the wife could carry.

A good day.

Tomorrow, get down there, get the bed sorted and work out why my header tank continues to fill/overflow.

Life is sweet atm.

[Rich]

Gave the potato bed a last dig over and a rake then planted 5 rows of Rocket 1st earlies weeding the roots i'd missed as i went. Then continued, my favourite, digging and weeding another bed and gorblimeyguvnr if it dont look like diggin an weedin tomorrer an all.

[MJS]

Me and t'other half built a shed, then I collected two bags of weeds and glass. 

[billathome65]

Dug the garden over rather than just breaking the soil the clay is breaking down fairly well.

Made two wigwams in old planters ready for Runners to go in.

Potted up the Runners and I saw somewhere that carrots don't like the roots being disturbed if not carrots was something else so have sown some seeds into toilet role middles.

As I have wigwamed the Runner bean canes it freed up that part I was going to use for onion sets which I planted out today.

Cut back the Gooseberry bush and one of the wifes shrubs.

Bill

[kevinp]

planted my potaotes today, not that many around 30 a mix of earlies and ain. I then weeded four of the beds and hoed the paths.

Repotted the tomatoes I have at home, tomorrow I am going  to plant some sweet peas

[Daz26]

Finished forking out the potato patch. Planted red and white shallots and white onion sets. Planted dwarf broad beans. Having a well earned beer now.

[mashbintater]

Didn't get there today, a job or 2 needed doing in my back garden................ 

Tomorrow tho' 

[hightide]

Volunteered to assist in the erection of the marquee for our easter show, Job done! boy do I feel virtuous

Now comes the mad scramble to encourage something to put on the bench

[muckshifter]

Took a 3 tonne digger down the plots today and grubbed out the roots from the trees I cut down from our last 3 vacant plots, all we need now is tenants.

2 chances of that round here Bob Hope and no hope. 

[Junie]

forked over, decouched the main crop potato area.  Then planted about 140 Desiree and 20 Vitelotte potoatoes.  All potatoes now planted!

[Paul Plots]

3pm until so dark I couldn't see.   

A lovely afternoon and evening rotovating and getting ready for planting. Nearly all tidy and ready for the off.  :happy:

[billathome65]

Took a 3 tonne digger down the plots today and grubbed out the roots from the trees I cut down from our last 3 vacant plots, all we need now is tenants.

2 chances of that round here Bob Hope and no hope. 

Pity your many many miles away I want my own plot