2021 - What I did today
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Potted on some fuchsia and moved some aster out of the propagator
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Upset some seedling pots from the front room windowsill onto a cream carpet. Whoops! Hovering and resowing, methinks, in that order. I had hoped to avoid vacuuming for at least another few weeks. Big Grin
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Bought four 40 litre bags of supposed peat free potting compost from Aldi to use as mulch on my beds. Cool In my view, at £1.99 a bag as long as it is organic matter I don't particularly care about the quality. Rolleyes
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I’ve finished my week of playing with chillies in the kitchen.  Big Grin  Big Grin  Big Grin
Builder that would like to go play in the garden.
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Went to the plot, direct sowed a few things just in case it's not too early... Got pelted with hail on the way home!
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(12-03-2021, 04:23 PM)Vinny Wrote: Bought four 40 litre bags of supposed peat free potting compost from Aldi to use as mulch on my beds. Cool In my view, at £1.99 a bag as long as it is organic matter I don't particularly care about the quality. Rolleyes
What's it like? Last time I bought some a few years ago it was very muddy in texture and contains bits of plastic. I understand the quality differs from region to region.
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Managed to dodge the hailstones for long enough to get two dozen strawberry runners planted up in a tower. Not one of the fancy pottery ones (I have a blue-glazed one that looks pretty but isn't big enough for strawbs - plus it's too heavy for me to move!) but an Elho plastic one that consists of 4 three-lobed planters that stack on top of one another. I put it on an old stand with casters so I can turn it round regularly to ensure all the plants get some light.
How much veg and wildlife can I pack into a 6m x 8m garden in suburban Cambridge? Let’s find out!  Smile
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I took all my chilli & tomato babies for their first visit to the polytunnel and gave all their pots a nice little top dressing of grit. Repotted a couple of them at the same time. Cut back the dead on the delicate mint varieties. Finished cleaning the chilli tunnel.
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(13-03-2021, 04:43 PM)toomanytommytoes Wrote:
(12-03-2021, 04:23 PM)Vinny Wrote: Bought four 40 litre bags of supposed peat free potting compost from Aldi to use as mulch on my beds. Cool In my view, at £1.99 a bag as long as it is organic matter I don't particularly care about the quality. Rolleyes
What's it like? Last time I bought some a few years ago it was very muddy in texture and contains bits of plastic. I understand the quality differs from region to region.
Just the opposite Tmtt, very dry and similar to sawdust. Light in colour. I have sowed some seeds in it, but the water seems to drain straight through it. Deffo carp as a potting compost.

TBH I have been using Poundlands potting compost at £1.50 for a 20 litre bag which suits my minimal needs and will use the Aldi stuff as a reasonably cheap mulch. Smile
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Might buy a bag to see what it's like then.
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