[Kiki]

Finally put up our shed! At last somewhere to keep my stuff, hide from rain and make tea. Aaaaahhh! :happy:

[DigIt]

A quick visit to the allotment today just to check on it.

Lifted a few more beetroot and turnips
Managed a helping of Calabrese. (which went down very nice steamed with spuds and homemade cheese sauce for dinner)
Lifted a good bunch of Spring Onions
and
a small pick of the landcress
with an eyeful of raspberries (They really have finished now ?  )
 

[Vit]

Played whole day with new "toy"(Iseki KC-20) . Ummm 2HP is not enough, especially engine is not in perfect condition(looks like previous owner/s never changed oil  :blink:). One day more to finish plot. Autumn potatoes finally come out 

[NN2Blue]

Having been away in Pembs for a week, yesterday I had to harvest a big box of Gardener's Delight toms. Thought I would have plenty of green toms this year but all have ripened. My Rainbow carrots have been badly flyed; my Autumn King barely touched.
Harvested the squash - good crop of "Squashkin", and some good Blue and Pink Bananas and  a couple of nice "Invincible".

[kosh42|EFG]

Popped down before work to water the poly tunnel. Was surprised how dry the plot was so watered that as well...

[sunshineband]

Watered the cucumber plants in the mini tunnel, grazed on the last few raspberries, picked some courgettes and then stood and looked at everything for ages.


Then thought a lot about where to plant the roses we are being gevn very soon and how i could fit more dahlias in next year without sacrificing any veg space....Hmmmmmm

[grendel]

went and picked a  few courgettes and some broccoli. hoed a few weeds.
Grendel

[mumofstig]

I went and checked that the netting was saving my new cauli babies from the pigeons and that they hadn't dug up any of the newly planted onion sets. The foxes had dug a hole in the strawberry bed though! Why, I dunno...just cos they felt like it I spose 

[Springlands]

Removed the last of the outdoor toms from the bed beside the house and did some hand weeding  - left the last courgette plant because it is still fruiting. Looked at the new veggie plot - totally flooded after all of the rain that we have had. Had a talk with the gardener who is going to cut down some trees for us and I am going to get him to re-open the drainage system that used to be on the plot many years ago before it got overgrown.

[Vit]

Done with plot. Making blacklist of gas stations 

[Spana]

Done with plot. Making blacklist of gas stations 

Explanation please

Done with plot, does that mean you are finished for this year or you're never going back 

Blacklist of gas stations, why, have I missed something.

 

[Vit]

No, no, no  for this year just beginning. I just finished till soil and remove roots of weeds - plot was not in use for about 3 years, but owner looked well after, so no bushes around  It's time for garlic, cabbage, carrot, onion and maybe will do wheat(yes, that video on youtube). And it's definately not done for this year, because i will take one more plot, not sure about size(2000sq m or so), but it's neiborough's, so don't need to drive around.

Yesterday, on the way back, visited one shop, selling secondhand agricultural machines.  :blink: Looks like scrap yard for me, but prices  :blink: Looking for small rice harvesters, which, i believe, possible to harvest wheat. Very strange place. For Honda F200 old and rusty one they want more than for Mitsi or Iseki with 3.5HP engine on the frame and separate rotary in better condition  :blink: Well, i know some places with better prices and this weekend have to pick up 5HP Mitsi with rotary 

About gas stations - these days oil companies selling something called petrol, but it's obviously not - too much additives. No problem to burn that liquid in the car engine, but one cylinder small engines quite sensitive to the quality of the fuel, especially old ones. Don't you think, that %brand-name% designed 20 or 30 years ago specified to run on today's fuel? Not really. Well, the fuel is according to standarts, but still quality is slightly different. I noticed it while ago and didn't paid attention first, but now. Main issue - you CAN NOT store fuel for a long time. Seems one month is long time now - fuel changing color and smell. Not every company, but some of them. That's reality. You can make an experiment by yourself. Lucky if you will not meet such a thing. Not as advertizing, but the best fuel i had chance to use made by BP  Unfortunately i can't get it now 

[Paul Plots]

There you are Spana.

Moral of the story: choose your petrol carefully and use wisely 

Best of luck with finding the rice harvester Vit. 

[DigIt]

Not so much a 'On the plot today' but more 'In the conservatory'.

Sat shelling peas that have been dried, ready for sowing next year.

Now got plenty of three varieties of pea in stock!   

Also ordered some more garlic. Since Music is often praised on here, here goes with my trial of it.
 
Hopefully the forecast is correct for the weekend, so it will be allotment here we come, once I've recovered from the last night shift tonight.

[Vit]

Heavy rain whole night and this morning    lucky, i put my machines in the garage last evening  maybe will drive around some scrap yard, chase cheap harvester, otherwise nothing to do outside