What I did on the plot today - 2011

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2175 on: August 10, 2011, 20:51 »
sowed Pak Choi, Autumn King carrots and Red Russian kale and did a bit more weeding, of course  ;)

You bin followin' me MoS?  --- that was zackerly wot I did yesterday  :tongue2:

Picked loads of beans this evening ready for the morning's blanch-fest, and took an old bench from the garden down to the plot on the top of the car, to rest my weary limbs from time to time  :D

Large pot of raspberries too MMMMMMMMMMMMMM  :D :D :D
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2176 on: August 10, 2011, 21:23 »
 :lol: great minds n all of that!  (none of my rasps made it home  :lol:)

I got some freebie trellis for my 3 new clematis this evening

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2177 on: August 10, 2011, 23:24 »
Today will pick cucmers and tomatoes. Tomatoes!  :D

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2178 on: August 11, 2011, 07:52 »
Went to the allotment in pouring rain and did some harvesting.

Looked around the plot in despair at the weeds that are taking over.
The plan was to strim and rotavate as an ongoing regime this year and remove the weakened pirenials next year as they emerge in the beds that im going to build over the winter.

The weather has been so bad lately that it's too wet to rotavate and on top of that my strimmer still refuses to start  :mad:  :mad:  :mad:

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2179 on: August 11, 2011, 12:52 »
I haven't actually been to the plot since Tuesday evening when i had my first big bumper harvest, however last night i pickled my first batch of beetroot. I cant wait to try it, it looks lurvely.   :D

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2180 on: August 11, 2011, 16:51 »
Re-attached the shed door and informed the local police of the the items that had been stolen >:(

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2181 on: August 11, 2011, 17:14 »
Disengaged my 7 foot high, semi-collapsed, half dead row of sugarsnap peas from the adjacent asparagus ferns (they weren't adjacent when I sowed them!)

Snipped off all the string attaching the pea netting to the canes (what sort of maniac uses that much string?  :blush:) , and eventually managed to extricate the canes.

Dragged the whole pile of tangled peas and netting onto the lawn and wondered how the hell I was going to separate the one from the other. Decided I couldn't face it today.

Contemplated having a large whisky (managed to resist.)

Vowed not to grow any variety of pea next year which grows to 7 feet and requires pea netting for support!  :mad: ::)
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2182 on: August 11, 2011, 19:37 »
weeded round my ghurkins that I just found again, weeded round  tomatoes and butternut squashes - from progress so far, probably only 12 hours more weeding  to do.
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2183 on: August 11, 2011, 19:40 »
Dug up the enormous roots from our wildflower border alongside the plot, whihc has now shared seven years worth of seeds with my neighbour as well  :tongue2: :tongue2:

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2184 on: August 11, 2011, 20:53 »
Nothing  :ohmy: :ohmy: I have only just finished work and it's to late to do anything :(

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2185 on: August 11, 2011, 21:31 »
well! have spent hours cutting blanching and freezing!! absolutely shattered now. need a snifter..........ooohhh me aching back!
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2186 on: August 11, 2011, 21:44 »
Trimmed the melon, cucumber and tomato plants.  Thinned out the beetroot/turnip/chinese cabbage and some general weeding in the tunnel.  Was nice listening to the bees buzzing around whilst it was chucking it down outside.  :D
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2187 on: August 12, 2011, 04:25 »
2 JayG use steel wire instead of mesh.
Spent this morning at local shrine - tomorrow will be local festival  :D
Going to pick up some tomatoes from now

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2188 on: August 13, 2011, 02:55 »
A quick nip to the plot:

Stuck in dwarf and ordinary size kale plants (late I suspect).
Picked another pile of tatties from the surface (thanks foxes)
Watered & weeded

Then cycled on my merry way.....


JayG I didn't know that peas could reach that height  :ohmy:
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #2189 on: August 13, 2011, 11:18 »
Re-attached the shed door and informed the local police of the the items that had been stolen >:(
OMG! Really s to hear about that.  :(. I hope the blighters didn't get away with too much.   :tongue2:


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