What I did on the plot today - 2011

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grendel

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2055 on: July 21, 2011, 22:47 »
just finished prepping 4 1/2 lbs of beans for the freezer.
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2056 on: July 22, 2011, 00:32 »
Not a thing and the grass paths keep growing..  :ohmy:

Push lawn-mower will be taking a rest and the petrol strimmer unearthed if it doesn't soon stop raining.
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2057 on: July 22, 2011, 02:05 »
Found another lost after storm - quite a lot of persimmon fruits is on the ground now  :( On the good side - pulled out first carrot  :D

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2058 on: July 22, 2011, 14:36 »
Learner, I'm in Eastbourne. We are having patchy weather but the rain isn't bad enough to stop me gardening  :D
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2059 on: July 22, 2011, 17:17 »
went down the plot today and took the wife mother in law and daughter, while they picked beans and chatted to the neighbours, I crawled under my big net and weeded round  the courgettes, butter nut squash, melons chard and broccoli - got a good lot done in quite a short time really.
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2060 on: July 22, 2011, 17:37 »
Finished work at Dinner Time and went straight to the plots. I managed to cut the paths to both plots and my neighbours, weed and contain the pumpkin which was running amok on plot6b. Up again later to water the greenhouse.

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2061 on: July 22, 2011, 19:52 »
I managed to get 2 more hedge plants out before I broke the shaft of the all metal fork, that I'd taken to the plot to replace the wooden handled fork that cracked yesterday  :mad:
There must be an easier way.*sigh*

Weeded the leek bed and the strawberry bed, found quite a few rooting runners :)

Watered/fed the squash/pumpkins and 'helped' with pollination a bit found a few fruit already set on the Uchiki Kuris and a good few dark silks on the sweetcorn   ;)
 

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2062 on: July 22, 2011, 23:35 »
Oh, strawberry bed, i gave up for a while on it  ::)
No rain and sun shining, so see you in the evening  :D

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2063 on: July 23, 2011, 13:07 »
Yesterday I lifted a few turnips, planted some more peas and broad beans (hoping for a late harvest) and watered all my beds and did some weeding.

Then I tried out my new push lawnmower (which is pretty awesome) and ran it round the plot like a wee kid with a new toy.

Then I tucked into some sweet gooseberries straight off the bush before I left.  Perfect day.

Lots of tidying up and digging to do today, but it's a lovely sunny afternoon, so I won't mind so much.
Might earth up my maincrop potatoes a bit more.

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2064 on: July 23, 2011, 17:39 »
my weekly "full weed" of the plot.

Picked tomatoes from greenhouse, lifted one of my shallot varieties, a load of dwarf beans, some courgettes and some more broadbeans. Then came home for a pickling session with the produce.
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2065 on: July 23, 2011, 18:34 »
I managed to get 2 more hedge plants out before I broke the shaft of the all metal fork, that I'd taken to the plot to replace the wooden handled fork that cracked yesterday  :mad:
There must be an easier way.*sigh*

You'll be wanting a mattock then.  :nowink:

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2066 on: July 23, 2011, 18:38 »
tried to tackle the jungle of weeds that has popped up since i have not been able to get down for more than half an hour a week over the last three or four weeks. it was a nightmare! got it all under some sort of control, the weeds which looked closest to producing seeds were removed first then i started at the front and worked back. Dug a few new supd (goodness me they taste divine) picked a hand full of raspberries, ate a hand full of raspberries and then went and did a two hour stint in the lottyment shop.  all in all a productive morning.
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2067 on: July 23, 2011, 18:39 »
Brought home a whole crate full of Maris Peer and Red Duke of York  :D

Plus the obligatory courgettes and sweetpeas, some cylindrical beetroot (already cooked cooked them already  :lol: ) french beans, little gem lettuce and yellow tomatoes  :D
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2068 on: July 23, 2011, 20:25 »
I finished levelling out the corner of the plot ready for the shed, which involved removing lots of buried carrier bags, glass (bottles and lots of broken) and lots and lots of blackthorn root.

Also weeded my one bed, possibly damaging a seedling of two... Then planted out some more cut and come again lettuce, cos lettuce, chard, beetroot, carrots, spring onions and radishes...

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2069 on: July 24, 2011, 01:00 »
Managed a couple of hours at the allotment today.. Got another 100 or so leeks into the ground.. Got about 200 in total  :ohmy:

Picked another cucumber and the first courgette! Took home some nice fat potatos for jackets, a few runner beans, a few raspberries and the first apple from the new tree. Sadly my son has hidden it since i presented it to him on arriving home so cant comment on the taste quite yet!  ::)

Ransacked the unused areas of the allotment next to mine and took home loads of blackberries and a few more apples.. Made jam with them this evening and now hoping it will set! Strained all the pips out so hoping it will be nice!

Also noticed my big pumpkin plant now has a butternut squash growing on it... hmmm  :nowink:


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