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RE: 2021 - What I did today - Mark_Riga - 06-03-2021
Planted out the tayberry and loganberry plants I bought from Aldi last Summer. Also a rhubarb cutting I took last spring and just left in a pot. Prepared 1/2 the ground for where I'm going to plant out onion seedlings ASAP.
RE: 2021 - What I did today - Can the Man - 06-03-2021
I sowed my first earlies Sharps express in raised beds in the poly tunnel. I will get some horticulture fleece during the week for them. The tubers are about 18-20” deep. Should be safe for the moment. Did a lot of tidying up in the tunnel, dressed some beds with BFB meal, removed any weeds. Dressed my rhubarb pot, there were about 4 leaves appearing, put some sulphate of potash on th3 rhubarb and hazelnut bush.
RE: 2021 - What I did today - Eyren - 07-03-2021
Busy day today!
Went to the garden centre (Scotsdales) in the morning and bought a dozen or so plug plants - they had a "pick'n'mix" section with lots of fuchsias, petunias, calibrachoas, verbena, etc - all things I was looking for. Also grabbed a couple of aubretia, partly because it's a great early flower for bees, but also for nostalgia's sake, as we used to grow them in our garden when I was a teenager.
On a whim I also bought a small lemon tree for the conservatory, on the excuse of it being my birthday next weekend - it was expensive, but I made a chunk of change during the week selling some unwanted chicken fencing, and my tomato seedlings should raise a few bob more next month. Plus, free lemons!
After lunch I did some chores in the back garden: moved a hanging basket and put up the mason bee release box and nesting tube, put up another bracket in a quiet spot and moved the bird feeders there (they haven't had many visitors so far), weeded around the tulips, and did some general tidying.
RE: 2021 - What I did today - Broadway - 07-03-2021
Planted out 30 broadbeans today, 20 transplanted and 10 seeds.
A bit of tidying at the plot.
Brought some manure back from the plot, decided my blackberry plants will go in pots this year.
RE: 2021 - What I did today - Small chilli - 07-03-2021
Started cleaning plant labels. Sorted out all my seeds for the commercial seed swap. There’s more than I thought
. Sown some more seeds I wasn’t planning on growing
.
RE: 2021 - What I did today - Spec - 07-03-2021
Put some supports for my shelves in place and as I had some onion sets I decided to plant them out, now waiting on the hot weather to come along, I need it to get a bit of a tan
RE: 2021 - What I did today - Small chilli - 08-03-2021
Finished cleaning labels. Filled dehydrator with chillies. Did other stuff, but not even remotely interesting or garden related.
RE: 2021 - What I did today - JJB - 09-03-2021
Trying to tame the flower border, muscari, crocosmia, campanula and bluebells making life very difficult. Also trying to un-intermingle various plants trying to get friendly with each other. I fear I'll be left with masses of soil and no plants.
RE: 2021 - What I did today - PyreneesPlot - 09-03-2021
Having given a test aubergine seedling the organic insecticide treatment against fungus gnats a few days ago and apparently not killed it, each of my seedling pots got a small dose today. It took ages to find and remove the zebra spider that has been hunting fungus gnats for the last week!
Moved a lot of seedlings out of the heated prop and onto the pretty (not) metal shelving in the living room, to make way for most of the weekly sow list - tomatillos, celery, squash, melons.
Off to clean the cooker and oven - I'm giving it away but still want to send it on its way clean.
RE: 2021 - What I did today - Eyren - 09-03-2021
(09-03-2021, 03:52 PM)PyreneesPlot Wrote: It took ages to find and remove the zebra spider that has been hunting fungus gnats for the last week!
I love zebra spiders - I'm glad you saved him/her!