What I did on the plot today 2015

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Yana

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2015
« Reply #630 on: June 01, 2015, 15:42 »
Spent a bit of time with fellow committee member checking all the dip tanks on the site as the taps have been stolen on at least three of them. What for?? I just don't get it.
Checked and re-adjusted wind breaks round newly planted courgettes and dwarf French beans as weather warning of strong wind in Kent .....
Weeded onions, parsnips (gradually germinating), thinned carrots, picked strawbs, got climbing runner/French bean bed ready for planting up on Wednesday.
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Re: What I did on the plot today 2015
« Reply #631 on: June 01, 2015, 22:25 »
Weeded yesterday - and hurt my back again  :(

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2015
« Reply #632 on: June 02, 2015, 20:00 »
Earthed up potatoes which are growing well after slow start. Cauli mostly looking healthy but pak choi bit nibbled so re covered with debris netting.
Weeded onions. Red onion sets looking healthy but seed onions planted couple of weeks ago are looking yellow and droopy.
Broad beans finally showing. Next year will sow early in pots in greenhouse as most of them on other plots are really big  ;)
Peas are a no show but only sowed a week ago.
Trimmed grass edges.
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Re: What I did on the plot today 2015
« Reply #633 on: June 02, 2015, 21:10 »
Checked on my poor little battered French beans after last night's gales. I hope they recover.

Put a few slug pellets around the tiny leeklets I planted yesterday. They look awfully little in their big holes. :)
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Re: What I did on the plot today 2015
« Reply #634 on: June 02, 2015, 21:15 »
put up 4 double rows of cane's 26 plants per row ! now I have to decide on the balancing act of what goes where  :wacko: 
 only 10 climbing borlotti germinated ,so I think it will be 2 row's of runner's 1 row of Cobra (not grown before) and fill last row on the borlotti with runner's .
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Re: What I did on the plot today 2015
« Reply #635 on: June 02, 2015, 22:09 »
Set up a double row of 28 canes with pole beans last weekend. When I checked this morning I saw I had to do it again. Completely blown over. Poor beans. Many stripped of all their leaves, as I had tied them to the canes. Tonight I have set it up again in a structurally more sound manner. I think most of the beans will recover, but for the moment it is a sorry sight and an exercise I could have done without.

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2015
« Reply #636 on: June 03, 2015, 06:34 »
Took photos  :lol:

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2015
« Reply #637 on: June 03, 2015, 13:05 »
Just planted out some celery seedlings my plot neighbour gave me and pulled up some weeds. Going back later to put out the tomatoes.

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2015
« Reply #638 on: June 03, 2015, 18:49 »
Quick visit after a dentist appt so not really in the mood for much.
Picked strawbs, pulled first cabbage of the season and then home to pick peas growing in the garden.
Fleece put up to protect French beans was shredded so quickly tidied it up and will sort properly tomorrow or Friday.

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2015
« Reply #639 on: June 03, 2015, 19:20 »
Lovely afternoon in sunshine.
Earthed up rest of potatoes.
Planted my small looking greyhound cabbage plants and netted.
My plot neighbor gave me 6 very healthy looking cabbage plants which put mine to shame so planted and netted them too.
Planted loads of iceberg lettuce plants and netted too!
Sowed row of beetroot and dug over next patch to sow but ran out of time to sow spinach, parsnips and radish.
Off work tomorrow so might also plant butternut squash as they are getting rather large  ;)       

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2015
« Reply #640 on: June 03, 2015, 20:14 »
Lovely day here! Gave all the beds a quick weed, and managed to put a wood border round 7 of my gooseberries, 5 still to do then I can get my netting up! Oh and chased the pigeons from my kale so I netted that as well!!
Great day! :D

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2015
« Reply #641 on: June 03, 2015, 23:26 »
Spent nearly all day at the plot in three sessions, planting out all the things that should have been planted out over the last three windy weeks.  So that's beans, courgettes, tomatoes, lettuce, cabbage, celeriac, mizuna, pak choi, beetroot, kohlrabi, cucumber, squash, sweetcorn, sprouts, cauliflower, chicory, kale.   Now exhausted.

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2015
« Reply #642 on: June 04, 2015, 08:52 »
I managed to get back to the plot yesterday evening with my tomatoes. Dug over the ground, prepared the planting holes for them, laid down weed membrane, cut the holes, planted and tied them all in to canes. I am shattered now, I just hope that is the last of the high winds so they stand a fighting chance of surviving!!!

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chillimummy

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2015
« Reply #643 on: June 04, 2015, 12:57 »
Sowed row of spinach,turnip and swede so hoping now that they germinate.  ;)
Last year was very sporadic and spinach only appeared after 3rd sowing  :(
No sign of peas sown 2 weeks ago so watered and crossed fingers.
Trimmed grass edges and dug area that tomorrow sowing chard into and planting celery plants.
Never grown celery before but sounds difficult. Plants look healthy so need to keep well watered.     

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Re: What I did on the plot today 2015
« Reply #644 on: June 04, 2015, 21:11 »
Went on search and rescue for the saffron as I wanted to move them. By 'eck do they multiply quickly. 30 planted last year has turned into 127 corms this year, of varying sizes, some a small onion and some the size of a broad bean.


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