[aqua]

nothing my cold is rubbish.

[foxi loxi]

Almost broke my back weeding.........the couch grass in my raised bed is a nightmare!

Oh and my plot neighbour told me he had sprayed my plot with weed killer this morning!!!

[Nige2Plots]

I put Wigwams up on both plots in anticipation of planting the Runner Beans and climbing French Beans later on this month. They are currently being Hardend Off.
The Cape Gooseberry were potted on in the Greenhouse and Tomatoes planted.
Took a chance and planted two Courgettes outside but protected.

[Wombat18]

Built a base for my shed out of pallets, and have some impressive splinters to show for it.  Now all I need to do is get a team of willing volunteers to lift the shed onto the base and I'm sorted.  :happy:  Shed tidied up and lots of junk thrown out (including voles nest, sorry voles) so everything will be ready for the move. 

Other than that, watered, weeded, and had some cucumber plants donated by the Lithuanian in the plot next door.   Too windy to spray elderly apple tree for downy mildew unfortunately.  Tayberries and gooseberries making splendid progress should be a cracking year for them.  Next job - tidy edges and go along the paths with the strimmer.

[Paul Plots]

At long last I had tim to put a new lock on my shed.

It's a neat little device rather like a Yale lock so I'm hoping to avoid the attention of the local thieves who have bolt-cutters. Last visit they sliced through the hasp ignoring the padlock altogether. 

Planted broad bean plants, tiny beetroot and a row of lettuce. And then it got far too dark to see. 

[Paul Plots]

nothing my cold is rubbish.

Sorry to hear about that. Have you tried honey and lemon? Tastes nice if nothing else.

A swig of single malt whisky is wonderful for relaxing out of a cold. 

[gazza975526570]

nothing my cold is rubbish.

A swig of single malt whisky is wonderful for relaxing out of a cold. 

77Or two.............

[skatenchips]

ached a bit this morn,as we ..................

re dug the soil and made a teapea frame and planted our butter beans with dwarf beans in between the poles.

earthed up 3 rows of spuds with some of last years compost

1 row ive covered in bladderwrack seaweed, then composted over just to see what effect the weed has on the tatter growth after reading so much about jersey royals peeps use of seaweed.

Replaced 2 panes of glass in GH after NE winds decided that it would be OK to blow em out.

Sowed some more peas in paper tubes .....
sowed some more kenya beans incase of late frost.....
sowed some more Gherkins as the 1st batch didnt germinate....
sowed some more physalis as all other batches have refused to germinate..... 
sowed another 30 beetroots....

Gazza

[MoreWhisky]

Weeded Strawberrys and surrounded in straw to keep the now quite big green strawbs of the ground built a small frame round them and netted.

[grendel]

7.30am, down the plot, planted beans, a few tomatoes in a sheltered corner plus a few strawberries, watered and was home by 9am.
Grendel

[Paul Plots]

7.30am, down the plot, planted beans, a few tomatoes in a sheltered corner plus a few strawberries, watered and was home by 9am.
Grendel

I did the late evening shift and you did the morning shift. 

[richy]

Well i just popped up the plot to make sure all was well and give a drink to all the plants( we havent had rain for over a month now).
When i got home i was greeted by a neibour that had bagged up 5 wheel barrows of old well rotted horse poo, loverly, i took it all up the allotment to show the old boy who told me my ground was dead and his face went green with envey , so heres a question, Can i put this well rotted horse manuar on my plot now to liven up the ground, will it do any harm? ive put a couple shovel loads in a hesian sack and hung that in my water tub.
A very happy boy today i am

[mumofstig]

you may wish to test your soil for Aminopyralid, unless you are sure that it came from a herbicide free source.
here's how to do the test
http://www.allotment-garden.org/garden-diary/321/testing-for-aminopyralid-in-manure/

[Nige2Plots]

A strange one this.............. Helped to identify what was left of a dead bird, feathers mainly! The conclusion was that it was a Pheasant.

[Epona_4]

was up at the crack of sparras, went to muck horses out, brought some fresh poo back to do a hot bed......i am now shattered and half way through digging out and turning compost heaps, came in to have a drink before off back out to crack on again! oh and sowed some more successional salads and stuff!