[grendel]

most of the seed trays we planted last week have now got little shoots in them, some will need potting up maybe tomorrow. everything is just loving the warm weather.
Grendel

[Herb]

We've spent quite a bit of time on the plot over the last few days.

Lots of weeding, our plot was abandoned about 6 or 7 years ago, so we'll be doing lots of weeding this year I reckon!

On Friday saw that our early spuds (Rocket) have finally started showing. And now some of the maincrops (Arran Victory) - that were planted 2 weeks later - are coming up too.

Carrots coming through, as are the first lot of mange tout.

Moved a lot of raspberries that had spread throughout the plot to create some raspberry fences, a temporary measure to give us a bit of a border. Also panted a gooseberry bush. Not really expecting to get much fruit off them this year, but you never know - they are growing well. Also want blueberry, blackcurrant and any other fruit trees/bushes we can find.

[theakston_uk]

most of the seed trays we planted last week have now got little shoots in them, some will need potting up maybe tomorrow. everything is just loving the warm weather.
Grendel
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Not wanting to teach you how to suck eggs and not being an expert myself, but shouldn't you leave the shoots to come on a bit more and start to grow their true leaves before you put them into bigger pots. Please correct me if I'm wrong

[grendel]

the tomatoes were about 3" tall when we potted them up.
Grendel

[Kimberley04]

Weeded the garlic, onion and brassica bed, watered everywhere, sowed some spinach and said hello to all the new asparagus that's come up from when I planted the crowns 3 weeks ago.

Without wishing my life away, I can't wait for the next two summers when I'll be steaming my own grown asparagus

[Paul Plots]

On Sunday:

• basked in the afternoon sun's heat
• hoed and used a soil-miller to keep a few little weed seedlings down (coughed in the dust!)
• put canes in around the peas and joined then together with strings
• cut spinach.... (that I must remember to cook on Monday when I've time)
• watered when it was cooler

[dig4victory]

MJS, those moonbeam squash sound very exotic! and Irene, did you soak your beet seeds before sowing?  I sowed some last week and have only just noticed that maybe I should have soaked them before planting???

Easter entertaining of the in-laws yesterday so no gardening just showing off our garden 'aplotment' 

[Daz26]

Spent a fantastic weekend at the plot. Onions and shallots are coming on a treat. Potatoes are coming through as well,fingers crossed we won't have a frost but i think that's wishful thinking!!!!. Put a hoe through the weeds so the rows look nice and neat now. Still got a patch of ground to fork out for my parsnips. Couldn't get to the plot last weekend due to work commitments so a busy time. Fellow plot holder has let me use an unused patch to put my courgettes and butternut squashes on. Hadn't been dug for 6 years and the ground was like iron and full of stones. Wrists are hurting a bit this morning!!!. Good fun though.

[gardengnome]

Yesterday I moved some courgettes for the second time, am sharing the plot with my next door neighbour who wanted to put something else there  They seem OK in their new home. 

Have potatoes growing in bin bags and gradually adding soil to cover the new shoots.  Gave them a darn good watering. They are looking good so far!

Weeded again, once a day doesn't even seem enough in my garden, I'm sure they pop up again as soon as I go inside!

Looked at the seeds I'm growing in propagators and willed them to hurry up, I'm so impatient!

[grendel]

well spent most of the morning and some of the afternoon planting more seeds,our 2" tall beans were moved from seed trays to troughs and put up on the shelves on the fence to get a bit bigger before they go out to the plot.
Grendel

[Thrift]

Actually walked to the veg garden ( with crutches ) and watered it !

[plum crumble]

well done Thrift!

went to the plot and got VERY dusty!!! loads of weeding - will go tonight and water. Unbelievably hard, dry dust - can't call it soil! 

[grendel]

we will be off to water the plots in a moment.
Grendel

[mumofstig]

I've just earthed my spuds up with concrete clods, rather than soil.........it's that bad.
Either concrete lumps or dust.....nothing in between

[Nige2Plots]

Not a lot. Just watered. Both plots are all set up and rarin to go when the time is right!