What have you done in the garden today?

[Compostwoman]

Well...seeing as I have just dragged a "hello" thread waaaay off topic I thought I had better make a place to talk about what we are all getting up to in the veg plot at the moment.

So...in the last few days Compostman has taken down the beanpoles....they are from our hazel coppice so will now be cut up for firewood. There are overwintering leeks, parsnips and carrots in the plot...but apart from that not much else as all the brassicas were massacred by the squirrels AGAIN and the perpetual spinach was a bit of a disaster this year...

I need to gather up more leaves to make leaf mould...so if it stays dry will be getting out the mower to do that today....

And need to clear out the big pots in the polytunnel...there are 45 holey buckets in there, waiting to have the growing medium tipped onto the veg plot and then I need to scrub them out, ready to be re- filled in the spring for next years tomato plants...

Oh and start sorting thro the seeds, to plant in Jan ( eek!)

I have to re sow salad seeds in the pt ( thanks to the blardy hens ) and harvest various stuff growing in there..also sow more winter polytunnel stuff...I have some kale in there and some carrots..and the last few sweet peppers waiting to be picked...

So I had better get on with it!

What is everyone else up to today?

[Tryinghard]

Hopefully, debudding the fuchsia cuttings, digging up chilli plants for pruning and repotting and hunting in the garage for the 'lectric prop to start some onion seed off....well that's the plan........ mice and women etc.

[Akuma]

Looking out of the window.....and PLANNING!

[Penny]

By the time I got out there the temperature was almost down to freezing -- which mades my hands a little numb. We were stacking firewood most of the day.

My grandson was out to help with the firewood so he kindly went into the garden and did some of the raking.

[Compostwoman]

Gathered up many mower loads of leaves, it dried just enough so the sit on mower was picking them up :cheers:

Dug out 3 bins worth of compost from 5 separate bins, filled 3 bins, now have 2 empty...so can start tthem off again with new stuff

Transferred finished leaf mould from last year into an another 2 empty wooden compost bins..and started filling the 3 empty leaf mould bins with the leaves I gathered up

Picked the last of the peppers from the polytunnel

Did a bit of tidying up in there as well.

A good day!

[Compostwoman]

Absolutely nothing. Zilch. Zip. Nada..etc etc ...it poured with rain, the wind blew hard, it was vile and horrible ...even in the shelter of the Polytunnel...my hands began to go stiff with cold and painful ( I suffer from mild Raynaulds syndrome...) so I gave up and went inside....

[polgara]

I would play, but I have not been in the garden, only to check the washing for days. Too much rain & cat poo at the moment & do not feel well enough to clear it up