What I did on the plot today - 2011

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #225 on: February 06, 2011, 14:49 »
Haven't even looked for days ....... still have howling wind and lashing rain  :mad:

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #226 on: February 06, 2011, 16:22 »
Finished the raised bed i started yesterday and flattened some more path.  Still very windy but workable atleast.

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #227 on: February 06, 2011, 17:17 »
picked 3 leeks  ???

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #228 on: February 06, 2011, 17:51 »
Been up with the mrs and dragged the kids too :-)

Done more digging, while the kids did a bit of digging and raking too (not as good as i'd like but good that they are trying and are interested) Mrs did some pruning of raspberry canes too :-)

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #229 on: February 06, 2011, 17:57 »
Nearly got blown away aka Mary Poppins, but managed to finish intended bed for broad beans with rotted muck forked over and dug in. Planted another rhubarb - Red Champagne. Pricked out leeks and red onions. Cleaned greenhouse floor. Made celeriac soup from 2 of our babies :ohmy:
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #230 on: February 06, 2011, 18:11 »
Arrived to find about half a ton of horse manure  :)outside my gate , which i had to climb over to get in ???. Then had the job of moving it inside and pilling it up :mellow:.

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #231 on: February 06, 2011, 18:41 »
Couple of hours this afternoon, measured out, dug, & weeded a couple of raspberry beds from rough grassland, including a couple of pretty substantial docks that required some seriously deep digging to extract  :blush:

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #232 on: February 06, 2011, 19:55 »
Digalotty, thanks for the concern, but I already have two toddlers, I think they are harder work!! I have lots of tea breaks too  :D

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #233 on: February 06, 2011, 21:22 »
Went down and strung up a few C.D.s to fend off the birds from pulling up my onions, garlic and shallots.  :mad:  Looks like the P.S.B. has snuffed it.    ???  Cheers,   Tony.
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #234 on: February 06, 2011, 21:37 »
Hi all, dug up last row of parsnips nice size, dug up few leeks and trimmed the hedge,
covered the ground where parsnips were. Weeded the asparagus border.

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #235 on: February 06, 2011, 21:42 »
Tidied up the potting shed, its nice to be able to get back in there again :D
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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #236 on: February 06, 2011, 21:57 »
not done much, but very excited as seeds arrived  :D.  Not going to get too much going as away for a week soon and dont want things to get going and then die. Bu tlooking forward to returning and starting. 

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #237 on: February 07, 2011, 09:05 »
onions in and netted

first carrots planted in my carrot box (and under a cloche)

potted up some of last season's strawberry runners

pruned the autumn fruiting rasberries

got absolutely wringing wet through  ::)
There's more comfrey here than you can shake a stick at!

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #238 on: February 07, 2011, 11:19 »
prepared the onion and shallot bed 17" by 15" i manured this last november
the differnce in soil is amazing hoping for good things from this  :blink:

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Re: What I did on the plot today - 2011
« Reply #239 on: February 07, 2011, 19:05 »
Lifted 3 bucketfuls of alien parsnips (didn't thin them enough) - now looking forward to all evening peeling and freezing.  Got some manure.  Burnt loads of prunings.  Drank loads of tea - all in all the perfect day (it just wasn't long enough).

..isn't life too short for peeling veg?


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