The all new good, bad and ugly of growing your own in 2020

Suffolk_lass

unrecordings said:

Belting it down again today. If I'm really lucky I might make it to the workshop this afternoon. Now I'm properly getting my mobility back, i'm itching to get out there - roll on Magic March

Me too. Completely and utterly hissing down. We've resorted to taking the shower cubicle out of the MoHo and even that is frustrating as only really room for one. As you say, roll on Magic March

unrecordings

Suffolk_lass said:

unrecordings said:

Belting it down again today. If I'm really lucky I might make it to the workshop this afternoon. Now I'm properly getting my mobility back, i'm itching to get out there - roll on Magic March

Me too. Completely and utterly hissing down. We've resorted to taking the shower cubicle out of the MoHo and even that is frustrating as only really room for one. As you say, roll on Magic March

Had to commiserate myself with a trip to TK Maxx (couple of pots plus a box for either seeds or meds) & Wilko (fairly disappointing) Then crawled up to the attic to make a further dent in tidying the studio

silverwhistle

unrecordings said:

Belting it down again today.

Lucky! Here it was going sideways. Tomorrow morning here (in Hampshire) it should be dry and windy, and forecast sunny on Wednesday, so in my starting blocks to get out there. Not sure what I'm going to do though: a bit of weeding and muck spreading I imagine, and some garlic to go in as well. I'll probably just stand and look at the new allotment for a bit and change my plans yet again. I've some Nantaise carrots on seed tape I might put in under fleece.

Incidentally, as a language teacher one of the things I say to my students is get any exposure to the language you can, so read the back of the cereal packet in your holiday hotel, for example..  But I can particularly recommend Lidl seed packets, the one I have in front of me I bought on holiday in Italy "Nantaise 2. Middle-early season variety, suitable for freezing" on the front. On the back it has got growing instructions in German, French, Italian and Portuguese but no English; not a bad way of seeing the similarities between languages and increasing your vocabulary!

jammy_dodger

I  bought some onion  sets sturron from  B n Q and  have  set  them  out  in greenhouse  in compost  under  fleece  to  start  them  off.  found some  peas  so  ive  started  them off  too,  they  may  be  past  there  best  date  but  I'll  see  if  they   come up. my raspberry canes  arrived yesterday, just in time for  the  snow   
  ive not  finished  preparing  their  permanent  bed  so  heeled  them  to a large  bucket  to  keep  frost off  their  roots  till ready  to  put  them  in  their  new  home, lovely healthy looking   canes  I went   with  Joan J  variety  after  reading  good  feedback 

Suffolk_lass

Finally got my friend round to seriously prune some old apple trees with me. Took us about three and a half hours yesterday afternoon before I was just too cold but a combination of snipping, lopping, sawing and chain-sawing completed the first and about half-way through the second. My word there is a lot on the ground! I think we will get the rest cut today but who knows when we will clear the debris - I want some logs to pop in the cart-lodge to dry out and season

unrecordings

Snow here again, so it's an indoors day probably. Managed to get a bit more workshop tidy yesterday. I'm getting closer to getting the xmas tree in the chipper. Cherry plum in the front garden is just starting to blossom, my Chinese mahogany in pots is budding & my chillis overwintering indoors seem to be coming back too

Fosterdog

Suffolk_lass said:

I have an old russet tree that looks as though there is a bit of scab. How are you treating it please? It isn't something I have tried to do before

I've bought this https://amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07NWY9DZJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 to try and treat it, it was recommended by a few people at my local allotments so worth a go.

unrecordings

Four hours out there today - hurray!

Noticed the PSB was beginning to develop its head. Myself & Mrs Un took it in turns to play with roadtest the Einhell cordless shears finally - had to limit our time as there was other stuff to do & I was rapidly running out of juice. Got a bit of the front garden done, loosely trimmed the dead/excess winter savoury - it felt good to be out there

unrecordings

Glorious out there today, maybe a little cold, but feels like I'm going to get a lot done...

Dizzy_Ditzy

Hi folks 

glad to see that some of you are managing to get stuff done - I’ve not managed anything since my last visit here. The weather has been so miserable that the plots resemble more of a paddy field than an allotment 😂 

I was gifted a wild cherry tree in memory of my brother so I need to get some compost and get it potted up until I decide on it’s permanent home. I’m just not sure where that’s going to be yet.

My potatoes are still in the fridge! I will get them out and into trays today though. I haven’t planted or sown anything yet 😕