What I did on the plot today - 2013

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Wiltshire Worms

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2013
« Reply #510 on: March 10, 2013, 21:04 »
finished digging out the old shrubbery...continued digging out the old raspberry roots(too cold to finish) and complete vacated our old allotment.

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2013
« Reply #511 on: March 10, 2013, 21:41 »
Cut back a load of brambles and put them in a big black bin to dry out ready for burning.  Covered a bed with tarp, dropped off three pallets and a water butt.  Busy the next two weeekends, bit inconvenient.
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2013
« Reply #512 on: March 11, 2013, 19:11 »
Went to the lottie for a quick hour! Managed to break down a pallet. It was bloomin freezing :ohmy: Good job poly was there, cause when it started snowing finished pallet smashing in there!!!! :tongue2:

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2013
« Reply #513 on: March 11, 2013, 19:39 »
covered in snow :ohmy: so stayed on at work

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2013
« Reply #514 on: March 11, 2013, 19:54 »
chased plastic cloche around garden at home this morning, and replaced tonight :(

went up plot and rescued mini poly tunnel from 6 plots down, and noticed our next plot neighbours shed had blown over, so walked to their house and told them..went home and turned the heating up 8)

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2013
« Reply #515 on: March 11, 2013, 22:59 »
Went up to the plot yesterday but the Northerly wind was biting, so I managed to dig over a 2 ft x 10 ft strip of plot, then gave up.  Hubby did better - he built a raised bed edge for a bed on plot 39 with the help of his Dad.

We went home, built a big fire and had a lovely roast dinner with our Mums!

I need to try to get up to the plot tomorrow to rescue some stuff from the shed that I am concerned about with the cold (no mean feat - it has been snowing constantly since 5am this morning!)
Read about my allotment exploits at Ecodolly at plots 37 & 39.  Questions, queries and comments are appreciated at Comment on Ecodolly's exploits on plots 37 & 39

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2013
« Reply #516 on: March 11, 2013, 23:22 »
went today, lit a fire in the oil drum drilled the water but and joined it to a wheelie bin as it was getting a bit full, the father inlaw was in the greenhouse putting some news paper in the propagator over the seeds, but thats in the greenhouse section  :)

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2013
« Reply #517 on: March 12, 2013, 10:11 »
Put some peelings in the dalek and checked on snow covered coldframe
All the way from my allotment in beautiful Derbyshire. I'm in year 3 of my allotment and wish I'd caught the bug years ago, things growing from strength to strength

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2013
« Reply #518 on: March 12, 2013, 14:38 »
Went down this morning - we are snow free but it has been v. cold overnight. Had planned to put onion sets in but soil frozen in places. So covered the area with fleece tunnels - 5.99 from Aldi :) - and will plant them in a few days. Weighed down the plastic greenhouse which keeps threatening to take flying lessons and came home to thaw out. lovely sunshine but a very lazy wind! (goes through you not round).

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2013
« Reply #519 on: March 12, 2013, 16:12 »
surrounded by snow, but none here, so when the sun came out I trekked down the plot, dug another foot or so across the width and planted another row of potatoes.
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2013
« Reply #520 on: March 12, 2013, 16:25 »
I planted my garlic, I hope it's not too late, I have had them sat in the open window of our downstairs loo for two weeks to acclimatise.
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2013
« Reply #521 on: March 12, 2013, 17:28 »
Took some more broad beans from the greenhouse at home to the cold frame on the plot.  Maybe if the weather would just ease up a bit I might get them out into the ground under a cloche.
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2013
« Reply #522 on: March 12, 2013, 17:46 »
Braved the cold for a walk up to the plot to drop the new chicken rota for April off and check on lottie cat Tabitha (as she wasn't there sunday evening (and she's a fragile little old lady :unsure:) and found my netting had blown down over the onions and the fleece had blown down over the broad beans!

Rescued and fixed said net and fleece and dropped off a load of composting scraps.
Cat is fine! :happy:

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2013
« Reply #523 on: March 12, 2013, 17:58 »
Called in at the plot after work for an hour and a half.  No snow here yet but bitterly cold, did a bit more digging and raked down the seed bed, and it's coming down to a fine crumb now, bit of a tidy up and then home for a warm up   :)
« Last Edit: March 12, 2013, 18:00 by Lottiman »
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Re: Re: What I did on the plot today - 2013
« Reply #524 on: March 12, 2013, 18:31 »
Popped in after work.

Too wet to dig due to the snow having melted, so had a good check round and planned in my head what I'm going to be doing over the next month or so.


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