June Update

Hi Gang

Gosh just noticed i have hit 1000 hits :)

well so far the slugs have wiped out all my tomatos, beans, peas and most of the brassicas i sowed in the mini greenhouse.

Petes very kindly strimmed down the bottom of my plot and i have sown some onions and carrots this weekend.

Still lots to do and no time to do it.

Growing well are garlic, potatoes, carrots, shallots, salads, herbs and oh course rhubarb.

louise

may update

Well its been very wet and a couple of late frosts which has wiped out all my courgettes and pumpkings.

Sweetcorn has germinated, as have the cabbages and pak choi.

I am winning the war against weeds and should be able to get the rest of the membrane down for my paths this week and with look dug over my pean and bean beds for planting.

In the greenhouse my onions, stir fry veg, b.sprouts, and the sunflowers and beans that have survived the slugs need to be hardened off before going up to the lotty. Chillis and aubergines are getting big in the kitchen and are ready to move up the greenhouse which i should be moving into place in the next week.

oh and i have a confession i have surcumed to thompson and morgans sale, in my defence i did have a 5 pound voucher

> Items Ordered>
1 of [gww0265] Pak Choy : White F1 Hybrid [HALF PRICE SALE] @ £0.74 each>
1 of [gww0054] Onion : Bunching/Spring : Lilia (Red Onion) [HALF PRICE SALE] @ £0.84 each>
1 of [gww6444] Poached Eggs [HALF PRICE SALE] @ £0.99 each>
1 of [gww0867] Popcorn : Red Strawberry [HALF PRICE SALE] @ £1.39 each>
1 of [gww0971] Parsnip : Panache F1 Hybrid [HALF PRICE SALE] @ £0.99 each>
1 of [gww0194] Carrot : Carota Fucino [HALF PRICE SALE] @ £0.84 each>
1 of [gww0483] Turnip : Rapa Bianca Lodigiana [HALF PRICE SALE] @ £0.84 each>

only 3.62 more woops

On the plot

Been to the lotty today not for very long but enough time to pick leeks, rhubarb and a couple of last years red onions which look like they have gone to seed. ( did not really do much and i had though they were dead)

Sprayed all my paths not already recovered with roundup (unbranded equivilant) got from homebase for 9 quid.

Growing Diary

Planted out

Courgette Jemmer F1
Pumpkin Big Max,
Little Pumpkin, Bush Buttercup

Hardening off

Tomato Siberian Early,
Super Roma,
marglobe,
san marzanno,
Pea Suger Snap,
yellow podded pea,
greenshaft
Petit Pois
Waverex
Runner Bean Enorma, Helda, Wisley MagicBean Borlotto firetougue, Cannellino, chinese red noodle, Yard long dolico del metro,

Need a little more time before hardening off
Poached Egg plant
Marigolds
Stir fry mix
Onion Seed inc Owa, walla walla, rossa tonda tropea, sweet spanish yellow, texas early grano 502Shallot seed red florence.

Now i have more space and 3 more trays to fill i have to decide what else to plant ;)

Planted out

My to do list

Preperation and Maintance of Beds

Beds 2 to 8 need to be weeded & have soil added and planted
Beds 10 to 11 need to be weeded and have soil added and planted
Beds 12 to 14 need to be watered and maintained

Bed 1, 9 plant add more soil and water
Bed 5 needs to be planted (parsnip etc )
Bed 4 Harvest & Renue
Bed 7 weed add soil and plant
Bed 5 planted needs to be watered and maintained
Bed 15 need to be emptyed of fruit plants(to there own area) weeded, have more soil added and be planted

Rhubarb Bed needs to be weeded

Bed A Plant with courgette and pumpkin
Bed B Plant more herbs
Bed C water planted salads
Bed D water spuds and sow little gem lettuce

W bed at the top of the plot needs to be dug over and be planted up with fruit plants from bed 15 a good couple of barrows of manure needs to be added.

Greenhouse

Need to finish diging out the base and cover with cardboard and topped with manure.

Paths

Need to finish layering the paths with newspaper/cardboard add a layer of membrane and a thick layer of wood chips.

PHEW!!

Hi Honey, I´m BACK

Well Since my last post i have with the help of steve and hux got most of my beds in some condition. If you scroll down the bottom you will find my plan.

I have planted all my spuds

Bed 14 - 2 rows King Edwards
Bed 13 - 1 row Wilja
Bed 12 - 1 row Anya
Bed D - 4 AnnaBelle

In pots King Edwards

Bed B - Garlic Chives, Egiptian onions,
Bed C - Celery, Endive, Lettuce lollo rossa, Lettuce bionda lenta a montare, chard, spring onions

bed 5 - Carrots Early market, Early Nantes 2, early scarlet horn, rainbow f1, leek musselburgh

In the mini greenhouse i have
Courgette Jemmer F1
Pumpkin Big Max, Little Pumpkin, Bush Buttercup
Tomato Siberian Early, Super Roma, marglobe, san marzanno,
Pea Suger Snap, yellow podded pea, greenshaft
Petit Pois Waverex
Runner Bean Enorma, Helda, Wisley Magic
Bean Borlotto firetougue, Cannellino, chinese red noodle, Yard long dolico del metro,
Poached Egg plant
Marigolds
Stir fry mix
Onion Seed inc Owa, walla walla, rossa tonda tropea, sweet spanish yellow, texas early grano 502
Shallot seed red florence

phew!!

Update

Since my last update i have now managed to add all the new beds bar one.

I have been working on adding supports to my shed for the winter, working on the content of the compost bin, and adding all the new raised beds and the surround for the base of the greenhouse.

New list of things to do this month

Compost Bin
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Hammer in posts for compost bin to make more sturdy
Nail compost bin to new steaks
Make hinged roof
staple chicken wire to leaf mould area (going to be filled for me).

Beds
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Finish digging over new beds.
Harvest last of spuds
Weed existing beds.
Add a couple of barrows of horse manure to each new bed**
Plant with over wintering veg
Move fruiting plants into place
Hammer in 2 posts into permiant raspberry bed
Remove posts from existing bean beds.

Paths
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add a layer of cardboard and membrane and then a layer of wood chips.

Greenhouse
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Cut out membrane
Cable tie netting to fence
Add horse manure and soil to build up levels **
Add polystyrine to corner of the fence post to stop wind dammage to greenhouse.
move greenhouse over and postcrete into place

**When we get more soil top up beds
**As new beds are filled with soil plant up fruit plants