What I did on the allotment today

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Re: What I did on the allotment today
« Reply #930 on: May 23, 2010, 21:37 »
Cleared 4 weeks worth of weeds - must have shorter holidays :lol:. Planted courgettes, a second row of beetroot, turnips and salad. Picked some baby turnips and made turnip and chicken soup for tea.
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Re: What I did on the allotment today
« Reply #931 on: May 24, 2010, 19:32 »
Pulled loads of Rhubarb and froze it .Watered the greenhouses ,Tomatoes setting fruit so feeding every week with Seaweed fertiliser from tomorrow.Picked mixed salad for supper and watered the soil around sad looking pumpkins and courgettes ,which were planted last week ,being careful not to splash the leaves.

Very Hot today ,the rest of the week is going to be cooler so will be better for working in the garden.
Would like to thin out the turnips and beetroot but the soil is very dry on the surface and I would probably disturb the roots I want to keep.
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Re: What I did on the allotment today
« Reply #932 on: May 24, 2010, 20:33 »
more digging and watered the greenhouse stuff and the just emerging peas :)

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Re: What I did on the allotment today
« Reply #933 on: May 24, 2010, 20:43 »
watered greenhouse stuff and stuff i planted out in the last few days. Treated the weevil attacked peas and started chitting about 100 more  as a back up in case i lose the damaged ones.

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Re: What I did on the allotment today
« Reply #934 on: May 24, 2010, 21:02 »
Watered
Planted lettuce seedlings
Grinned widely at the coal tits feeding their babies in my nest box for half an hour
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Re: What I did on the allotment today
« Reply #935 on: May 24, 2010, 22:40 »
took this...  red bordeax spinach...

 in addition, hoed weeded,  finished a line of leeks, planted some celeriac.
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Re: What I did on the allotment today
« Reply #936 on: May 24, 2010, 22:53 »
Done the three W's , Weeded ... Watered and Wished ... for rain soon  ::)

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Re: What I did on the allotment today
« Reply #937 on: May 25, 2010, 15:37 »
Planted courgettes, pumpkin, beetroot, spinach, cauli. hoed, hoed hoed, watered in poly tunnel, drank cappucino with my feet up and surveryed all my work.
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Re: What I did on the allotment today
« Reply #938 on: May 25, 2010, 16:51 »
Of to the plot in a minute, will thin lettuce and plant some on in gaps around the plot, sounds like a plan, will plant out celery and do the dreaded watering,

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Re: What I did on the allotment today
« Reply #939 on: May 25, 2010, 16:56 »
finished the digging the 4th bed  :)
Planted the  leggy beans ::) and watered them and the pea rows...very patchy germination so far.

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Re: What I did on the allotment today
« Reply #940 on: May 25, 2010, 18:01 »
Not going today - out with the band tonight!!

Watered yesterday and day before, broad beans, runners, potatoes growing. Beetroot and parsnip seeds starting to show, no sign of swedes yet though  >:(

Oh and fruit bushes taking over the whole top half of the plot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: What I did on the allotment today
« Reply #941 on: May 25, 2010, 18:02 »
Yay, I finished the final prep of 6 of the dahlia beds today ... left my mate the honour of knocking in 400+ stakes :D ... two more beds ( in that greenhouse ) to go and we can start planting up, should be done and dusted by tomorrow night ... if he manages to get staked up :D ( note to self : take pictures ;) )

Also managed to plant out some of my borlotti's (sp), string beans, runner beans, sweetcorn, courgettes and gherkins. Gonna have to sow some more sweetcorn though because some kind critter decided to eat all the ones that we're left in the small greenhouse :(

Weeded the asparagus bed whilst trying not to upset them by drooling ... gonna be another couple of years before they're on my plate ... patience, patience :roll:

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Re: What I did on the allotment today
« Reply #942 on: May 25, 2010, 19:52 »
Plenty of watering today and just stood and admired the courget plant  ??? its just gone crazy  :blink: Checked the toms and strawberrys and fruits coming on nicely  :D oh and planted a few swede`s  :)

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Re: What I did on the allotment today
« Reply #943 on: May 25, 2010, 20:16 »
Watered everything as the soil is so dry and filled the water butts. nearly forgot to water the radishes in the long container again . Toms have got their first flowers on them .

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Re: What I did on the allotment today
« Reply #944 on: May 26, 2010, 19:11 »
Planted some outdoor toms, well 3. Earthed up the last lot of spuds. Planted butternut squash, pumpkins, courgettes and the runner beans that survived the frost, and put netting up ready for the broccoli plants.
Quite a productive evening  :D


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