[devonbarmygardener]

So sunny and warm - just had to get out there   Sowed carrots, beetroot, french beans, radishes in the open, sweetcorn, kale, white & purple broccoli, 2nd lot of sweeetcorn seeds in pots, planted 6 early brussels out.  Opened up the first 1000kgs bag of home-made compost and it is sooooooooo lubberly and crumbly - so spread some of that around.  Now it's too warm for me so in the shade reading (and being tweeted to by the cockatiel!)

I wanna live where you live!

Checked on the 5 day old allotment born kittens and fed Momma Cat :happy: :happy:
Planned to weed the onions this afternoon after I woke up from night shift, but the lovely looking weather this morning has gone away!

[carlrmj]

 The polytunnel had been battered by the severe winds ,tried patching up with greenhouse tape.

 Moved some of the plants to another greenhouse and coldframes 

[bluealf]

Got a bit more tidying up done, the next door plots that have nobody working on them are sending out couch grass (I believe, lots of underground network and a tuft of grass popping up where it can) last season we threw down a load of old carpet on the other plot right by the dividing path to keep the weeds in check a little and I lifted it up yesterday and it was like the London underground, loads of runners getting closet to my plot.

 

Loads of seeds have popped up in the greenhouse however and if Cumbria ever warms up they may get planted sometime in the next 3 months 

[Ema]

Allotment close due to high winds - plants at home looking cheesed off

[Paul Plots]

Yesterday the motor-mower and I walked to the plot. We tackled the long grass paths for the 1st time this year. They looked lovely when finished cut and tidy for a while.

I felt a bit like Hansel and Gretel on the way home..... left a trail of grass mowings for a mile along the pavements. 

[grendel]

took the electric strimmer, battery and inverter to the plot yesterday, worked fine for a while until I ran out of strimmer cord, hoping to get it low enough to manage with my push mower. back again later to finish off and try the hand mower.
Grendel

[Mark's Sussex Allotment]

Today, I found everything blew away.......

[Paul Plots]

took the electric strimmer, battery and inverter to the plot yesterday, worked fine for a while until I ran out of strimmer cord, hoping to get it low enough to *manage with my push mower. back again later to finish off and try the hand mower.Grendel

*That's my aim too.

I have a fairly new spare push mower and will leave it at the plot hoping it stays there safely locked in the shed. It'll be easier than the 2 mile round walk pushing the petrol mower.

Good luck with yours Grendel.

[Beetroot queen]

Hubby's turn as I am still not well 

He's taken up more strawberry plants out of the paths, earthed up spuds and I hope weeded  I'll see if he returns with a bucket of weeds or not.

[Paul Plots]

Hubby's turn as I am still not well 

He's taken up more strawberry plants out of the paths, earthed up spuds and I hope weeded  I'll see if he returns with a bucket of weeds or not.

If not perhaps he's been for a nice quiet sit in the pub? 

[Beetroot queen]

Hubby's turn as I am still not well 

He's taken up more strawberry plants out of the paths, earthed up spuds and I hope weeded  I'll see if he returns with a bucket of weeds or not.

If not perhaps he's been for a nice quiet sit in the pub? 

He's tea total so I think we are safe to assume he hasn't lol, mind you abit of hoe leaning maybe more the case.

[grendel]

took the electric strimmer, battery and inverter to the plot yesterday, worked fine for a while until I ran out of strimmer cord, hoping to get it low enough to *manage with my push mower. back again later to finish off and try the hand mower.Grendel

*That's my aim too.

I have a fairly new spare push mower and will leave it at the plot hoping it stays there safely locked in the shed. It'll be easier than the 2 mile round walk pushing the petrol mower.

Good luck with yours Grendel.

well almost there, finished the strimming, went to use the push mower, but one of the bolts to adjust the height had rusted solid so I couldnt adust the height, which needed to be on a high ish setting, but was on super short, bought it home and have managed to adjust it now..
Grendel

[Sweetpea C]

Today just popped to see how much water the tank had collected (none  ) and what damage the wind had done. It just took down the one pallet the OH put in last wknd .... A woman's work hey?!

[Beetroot queen]

Just potted up another 24 strawberry plants, do they ever slow down on how many they produce. Lol  I wish I'd counted how many we have removed so far. Given so many away I must have put the gc out of businness

All seemed well on the plot hubby said although some of the old boys broad beans have been flattened by a runaway compost bin ( not mine may I add)

[mjpalin]

Just a quick visit for me tonight, went through the soil o/h has kindly filled the bath with, as i'd forgotten to remove the big stones which is kind of necessary to grow parsnips!