MF-ROB Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 This cold and wet weather is no good for men like our self Bill over with me it's the wind that's killing me I don't want to be putting small plants out and the cold wind kill hem off like last year. You have a bit of work ahead of you Bill planting out I've had to dig my ground 3 tImes this year as the rain has battered the ground down but I'm off all this week and the weather seems to be good so I hope to get things out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 i know Rober but I plant them so close the weeds don't get the same chance to grow ;D I would never plant out stuff in Aberdeenshire until the fist week in June is past since there is still a risk of frost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 My plan for last night was to get the drills up but it turned showety when I got home. Gave it a rake over hoping today it would be sunny...but alsa not back to rain again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Belive it or not. I started landscaping my garden around a month ago. I built a house 4 years ago,but never got around to doing my garden til now. Ive spent the month raking stones & leveling between the rainy days then sprayed. Painfull job when your talking 1/3 of an acre . I set the lawn seed a week ago & of course when you want a wee bita rain ,ther aint none!! Plenty when i was trying my best to rake it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted May 18, 2012 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 Sod's law isn't it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Put up 6 shorter than normal tattie drills at 26 inches apart and i'm leaving them to skim up a bit before I put the compost in later on today. Forecast is looking good for tomorrow so I hope the compost dries up and I can get the tatties planted tomorrow evening...almost a month later than normal...but I'm sure nature will catch up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MF-ROB Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Looking good there Bill agood week ahead over with us so I will have this rest of our veg out. Just sprayed our spuds for blite well I got mrs Nats to do it wile I took a picture ha ha! will get it posted up sometime today for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 First really fine day of the year and I am off work so, decided to make a proper job of the lawn, scarified and mown Hopefully the warmth will help the veggies come on although the spuds are already getting on quite well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 First really fine day of the year and I am off work so, decided to make a proper job of the lawn, scarified and mown Hopefully the warmth will help the veggies come on although the spuds are already getting on quite well ....nice looking lawn robbo, now get that hedge cut! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 nice looking lawn robbo, now get that hedge cut!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 Got compost into to dry and applied fertilizer as well yesterday. Plan is to plant them this afternoon / evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 Need to get some more transplanting done this week as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 At last the tatties are in. They are quite well sprouted so I hope they manage to catch up despite being 3 weeks later than normal. Watered as well by that to deter the pesky cats scraping. Drill plough at the ready when it comes to furring up Dahlias and begonias hardening off in the cold frame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 Today grass scarified and then weed and feed on and thereafter sprinkler..oh please green up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MF-ROB Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Bill and Mike you have been busy boys i must say things are looking well. Just a few picture of my spuds and how there getting on. First up Mrs Nats spraying this was took last Sunday. Took this picture last night. Will get more pictures today when I get home from work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted May 26, 2012 Author Share Posted May 26, 2012 I managed to get the folks grass scarified before the wet spell. Today I applied the weed and feed and now holding on the water to water it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MF-ROB Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Bill your grass is coming on nicely starting to green up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MF-ROB Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Came back from work today and started this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 I see you have a few of the dreaded dandelions as well Robert. There was a row of them alongside the kerb on the folks lawn and I treated them twice and seems to have killed them. The second time the hand sprayer would not work or I just poured the mixture over them...I think overdosing them did the trick ;D ...now I see there are fair number of buttercups appearing so I' ll need to see if the same stuff will do the trick on them too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 Yesterday early evening I was going to plant the sweet peas at the folks but oh it was rather warm and a cold beer was a better option ;D It was even warm inside the garage, Today I separated the five varieties and planted them so hopefully they will be in the shade until later in the afternoon when the sun gets round to the back garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted May 28, 2012 Author Share Posted May 28, 2012 On Saturday I did some transplanting but given the heat I decided to leave then in the shade of the garage and I would put them directly from there into the cold frame on Monday. To hot to leave unsupervised in greenhouse Still have some to do yet It was even quite warm in garage but at least they won't burn up in there for a day or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 A lot cooler than the weekend so I decided to transfer the boxed up ones out of the garage and back into the greenhouse for another week to encourage growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 I've tilled nothing in my garden as yet, only just finished turning it over with the shovel yesterday, ground was so wet after all the rain it needed a week to dry out enough to work. Roped my Brother into helping me put new points, condenser and plug in the Merry Tiller rotovator this afternoon and cleaned up the mag and flywheel, he left it in his garden all winter uncovered so he had to help me get it going. Just been out and rotovated the garden, will need several more passes before it's ready to till anything. Tomato plants in the greenhouse are flowering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 I'm getting the feeling I'm not as quite as behind as I thought I was Tim...I'm surprised you are so late in the garden as you are...mind you I'm jealous that your tomato plants are already flowering...I have yet to get some promised tomato plants via the barter system which I like to use...no cash or cheque involved and no tax either ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Bought 4 Alicante tom plants from the local market last Wednesday Bill, they were already around 9" high in their pots and flowers just about to come, £1 each so I picked out the strongest looking and they're doing niceley, chap said that he grows the plants in a cold house and plants the seed pretty early, they say you should till tomato seed second week in february in the greenhouse, he tills them last week in January. I've only ever once grown toms from seed but the trouble was that I ended up with about a hundred plants that Ihad no use for and had a hard job even to give them away so I'd rather buy just as many plants as I want to grow rather than waste any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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