[Springlands]

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

Well done Thrift - but try not to over do things. Hasn't this weather been wonderful.

[Wombat18]

Watered and risked planting out a couple of courgettes (I have a few more held back just in case).  Planted some purple dwarf beans.  Met two nice Polish ladies who have just started on the plot next to me.  Pondered where my parsnips and runner beans had got to - the parsnips I know are quite slow to start but at least one runner bean sprout should have appeared by now!

[Thrift]

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

Well done Thrift - but try not to over do things. Hasn't this weather been wonderful.

Fantastic weather Springlands, although much cooler today. The warm weather has been a mixed blessing as I am stuck with the horrid surgical stockings   Oh well, four weeks down .... two to go  

[mjpalin]

weeded around the garlic & shallots, watered and now praying that my non-greenfingered mum can keep it all going while we are away for a few days

[aqua]

I have planted beans. watered. dug out some more of the undug area. put a frame up for my beans.

[sarah1983jane]

Discovered the magic of a hoe - why dig out the weeds when you can just chop their heads off in 1 easy movement! accidentally de headed a spear of asparagus and a garlic plant!

Borrowed a kind persons rotivator and had my husband turn over 2 patches in 10 minutes - would have taken me days by hand!

Dug op all the strawberry plants I could find through the weeds, must have been at least 70 plants, neatly planted 24 of them through weed membrane so they shoudnt get over grown again. The remainder I will swap / sell / give away.

Watered, watered some more, then a little more again.

[digalotty]

watered and earthed up spuds weeded several beds , planted some comfrey that was given to me by my kind neighbour and swapped some debri netting for a greenhouse , bargain

[haggis@home]

put my colly seeds in and also some carrot seed , finally raked the last bit of my plot and burnt the last of the elder weed into oblivion ... muahahahahah . overall i am getting there , slowly

[Flump]

I attempted to dig,and I can tell you,that fork was not going in...even with a substantial amount of weight behind it    what to do? can't plant seeds in concrete?....and the flippin' weeds still manage to grow !!

[SkipRat]

Potted up 30 Chrysanths from 3" upto 5" pots, Prepared Chrysanth bed, and put up the wires. Sown some beetroot.

[grendel]

I attempted to dig,and I can tell you,that fork was not going in...even with a substantial amount of weight behind it    what to do? can't plant seeds in concrete?....and the flippin' weeds still manage to grow !!

pull the weeds out and plant your plants in the holes left from the weeds!
Grendel :-)

[Paul Plots]

I attempted to dig,and I can tell you,that fork was not going in...even with a substantial amount of weight behind it    what to do? can't plant seeds in concrete?....and the flippin' weeds still manage to grow !!

Give the ground a good soak - leave for 30 minutes and go back and try again.
It should make life easier. 

[Flump]

learner-that was my usual technique but even that wasn't working last night 
Grendel,I might try that 

[Robster]

Chillies and Toms in their final positions in the green house borders
More dwarf beans planted out.  Also planted out some squash under  plastic bell cloches.  Like Wombat t's a fingers crossed situation and the bulk of the plants are still under cover.  Thinned out the lettuces and had these in a sandwich and a pint of beer.  What a weekend

[potatogrower]

planted hardened cabbage, cauli and brussel sprouts outside. next door who has retired from allotment kindly gave some long netting and covered peas and all from birds. compressed soil around brussel sprouts as hard as i could so hoping 1st year with these looks promising.

sweet corns area worry, only 4 out of 14 have grown