[JayG]

Albion strawbs are flowering again so gave them another spruce-up, fed, and netted them.

Pulled up some bolted mixed salad plants and put on compost heap - the idea was to make room to sow some late Florence Fennel, but discovered I haven't got any seeds left (really annoying, I picked up some half-priced seeds at a garden centre yesterday afternoon and had to rely on memory as to what I actually needed - silly me, but how was I to know there was a sale on?!) 

Stared with a mixture of admiration and trepidation at one of my 2 Di Nizza courgette plants which has now decided to head off in two separate directions (it's not rampaging across the ground as such but is about 3 times the size of an average "Defender" plant!) 

[Godhelm]

Not there yet, but plan to squish sone caterpillars, harvest some (more!) French Beans and measure my new area of the allotment so I can plan what I will use it for. It's adjoining my current 'half' plot so will get me closer to a full plot. Thinking of mainly fruit.

[pigguns]

Today I finally did it, I butchered 5 productive courgette plants and put them on the compost it had to be.  How I'll cope with just the 6 left I just don't know    (don't judge me- last year I didn't get any so got a bit carried away...). 

Then as I was leaving the manure delivery truck came.  I do organic, so Yippee  but by the time I'd got my wheelbarrow and fork out I found Old George had got there first.  Beaten by a 90 year old!  Turns out he only wants the straw for browns in his compost 

[Fairy Plotmother]

Today I finally did it, I butchered 5 productive courgette plants and put them on the compost it had to be.  How I'll cope with just the 6 left I just don't know    (don't judge me- last year I didn't get any so got a bit carried away...). 

Oh the guilt.!!

Shhhhh! I did the same to 1 of 3.

[Sweetpea C]

Popped by after going to a festival and all of my onions had fallen so I lifted them.... only 35 and now they are drying out on the patio before being stored on a rack in the shed. I now have to tell my husband NOT to buy them when he goes shopping along with potatoes, garlic, shallots, tomato, chilli and basil - how much of a good feeling is that?! 

[Fairy Plotmother]

  In between the usual chores, weeding, watering tidying etc. I was often called in to help the Plotfather ........who was busy erecting my ebay greenhouse. At long last. Managed all the sides and hopefully will finish tomorrow!!!!! Oh! and what do I spy on the foreground!!!! He!he!

[Sparkyrog]

In between the usual chores, weeding, watering tidying etc. I was often called in to help the Plotfather ........who was busy erecting my ebay greenhouse. At long last. Managed all the sides and hopefully will finish tomorrow!!!!! Oh! and what do I spy on the foreground!!!! He!he!

very Nice FP 

[ptarmigan]

Started clearing ground for new raspberry bed.  There's a lot of couch grass to dig out!  Then can put on the last of my manure stash to settle down before planting the canes over the winter.

[diospyros]

Today I went to take a close look at my plot-to-be, to make sure of exactly where it starts and ends, and check what was growing where so I don't make any huge mistake with rotation when I get it.  Then I took a long slow walk round the rest of the site to see what everyone else was up to!

[jmc1949]

Continued to build the new raised area at the back of the plot, then harvested a cabbage, some runner beans and too many courgettes. I haven't plucked up the courage to butcher them yet. Three of the five need to go.

[Fairy Plotmother]

Continued to build the new raised area at the back of the plot, then harvested a cabbage, some runner beans and too many courgettes. I haven't plucked up the courage to butcher them yet. Three of the five need to go.

quick, go and do it now.........we won't look! 

[jmc1949]

Tomorrow. Promise

[Fairy Plotmother]

  Well, the Plotfather and I are doubly exhausted tonight as we spent the whole day fitting the glass into our ebay greenhouse. Each pane needed to be scrubbed with soapy water and rinsed before being placed into position. But....I am now the very proud owner of a greenhouse. Can't wait to get going. Oh! the Plotfather will have to be busy again making work benches etc. Oh well....more skip searches for pallets!

[pigguns]

Took the 16 yr old with me this evening -she's getting her GCSE results tomorrow and needed the distraction.
Watering or moving manure I said.
She watered,
I moved the muck.

We counted pumpkins together.

Oh, and another courgette plant bit the dust  She made me do it!

[Mattgregory27]

Popped up after 2 weeks away to survey the amount of weeding I have and I was not disappointed!!!!!