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Garden Diary Sep - Oct 2011 (redirected from Garden Diary Sep - Nov 2011)

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SCG Garden Diary 2011

September - October

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Gardener		Area	Task	Date Completed (DD/MM/YY)	Comments
HARVEST		Lettuce, mixed salad, spuds, peas, broccoli, courgettes, cucumbers, turnips, carrots, tomatoes, beetroot,
URGENT	1	Paths	NO stones. NO weeds. NO earth. NO tools. We have to keep paths clean and safe!		Most of path cleared in the veg plot - tackle remainder over a number of days.
URGENT			All centre beds, except Poly bed and Herb bed, have to be cleared for ploughing by November 1st. So . . . HARVEST or move aside!		Kale being moved 18/10 Leeks done Some sprouts moved 23/10/11 Room left along back wall for garlic (2 free beds) Purple sp. broccoli and sprouts to go beside polytunnel
Niall	2	Polytunnel	Daily: Watering at reduced amounts now. Try to keep surface dry. Replenish water, sand and compost. Check and remove any diseased. Think tidy.		Better to soak every few days than to water everything lightly. DO NOT water Basil or vine. Feed/water growbags.
Niall	4	Polytunnel	bring up stage to be dismantled and keep sheets dry	done
Niall	5	Polytunnel	House Plant area plastic and pea gravel. Tighten end wall if possible	done
Martin, Ciara, Niall	6	Fruit Trees	Support and Tie for winter, mulch with completed compost and topsoil from sod heap.(n) Spray for peach leaf curl at 90% leaf fall, and again in spring. (n)		URGENTn Mulching 50% completed 16/09 (n) Continue hoeing around trees, particularly along walls (c)
Martin	8	Spud Bed	Cleared 08/10/11 (n)	done
Ciara	9	Cabbage Patch	Weed cabbages	done	Make sure to net up again! 29.07.11, 31.07.11 16/08/11(n)
	14	Salad	Save onion seeds
Niall	16	Perennial beds	Move Goji's and new strawberries to extended perennial bed		Delay until ploughed
Niall	17	Perennial beds	Source new variety of rhubarb.
Niall	18	Compost Area	Excavate to concrete yard. Compost heap 1 needs to be turned into 2.	ongoing done
Niall	19	Perennial	Dig out behind water cube and between straws and rhubarb .		buy more asparagus
Niall	20	Herb Bed Plans	Plant Lovage in NW corner of herb bed take cuttings of lavendar gather seed		Lovage started in poly. St John's Wort sowed.(n) 17/08/11
Niall	21	Polytunnel Plans	Higher raised bed NS
	24	Beds along wall	cover any that have been weeded with layer of compost and then cover with black plastic	done	29/07/11 CT Started this. Still some more to do - plastic cuts into 4 lenghts easily along fold lines but keep some for orchard jobs
	26	Garlic	Check it is drying ok - could get mouldy		This will be re-planted this autumn. In net in poly 10/08/11 Beds now ready for planting to begin 23/09
Ciara	33	Roots	Keep weed free, particularly carrot, parsnip, leeks and scorzonera	done	All done, except leeks (n)
Ciara	37	Cabbage	Pull out any broccoli plants that have gone to seed	done	08/10/11
	38	Orchard	Weed around soft fruits. Raspberry canes that fruited need to be cut down. Tall canes topped. Support and mulch.(n)		Blackberries, gooseberries, loganberries etc cutting grass and weeding 17.8/11(n)
Niall	40	Herb bed	Grass cutting	done	12/10(n)
Niall	41	Polytunnel	improved door for west side
Niall	42	Polytunnel	Sow Lavender seed		08/08/11 (n)
Niall	43	Wild Garden	Remove all compost and top 3" of soil before planting with wild flower seed. Bird Table. Start seeding.	Planted digitalis, salvia, poppies,
Niall	44	Beds along wall	there is some kale planted in the polytunnel that can be planted out into one of the side beds that have recently being prepared. Ideally they will be hardened off for a few hours for a day or two first. (M)	done beside Poly 16/09(n)
completed 16/09! Planted beside poly where sunflowers were. (n) Niall	45	Polytunnel	Plant some additional lettuce / salad leaf in raised beds if space available. (M)	done 16/09! (N)
Ciara	46	Beds along wall	Sow broad beans. 2 twin rows, 8"separation, 2' between double rows. 2"deep. Stake at either end of double rows for support later. (n) Then Garlic. Then Strawberries.	beans and onions done 12/10(n)	Seeds in shed, can go in where garlic was last year.
Martin	47	Beds along wall	Finish planting second bed of strawberries (plants sown in potato bed will have to be moved to allow for ploughing.	Done	15/10/11 completed
Martin	48	Seed collection	Gather seeds from marigold, calendula, parsley, and place in separate trays to dry out in polytunnel.		Sunflower, calendula collected(n)
Martin	49	Orchard nursery beds	Prepare some new beds for cuttings in the orchard (down from the blackberry plants (by west wall)
Martin	50	Orchard	Cover unused ground by west wall of orchard with carpet / spare black plastic to make it easier to prepare in spring.		done 08/10/11(n)
Martin	51	Beds along wall	Winter onions - 2 packets to plant into last years garlic bed. Labels to be made up.	done 12/10(n) labels?	One pack planted - up to timber pole. 9/10/11(m)
Martin	52	Artichoke bed	Harvest artichoke - set some aside for next year and dry rest for eating	Done	15/10/11 (m)
Martin	53	Sunflower and nastarium bed	Remove and prepare bed	Done	15/10/11 (m)
Martin	54	Sunflower stalks and heads	Put sunflower heads out for overwinter source of bird seed	Done - left standing in blue barrel	15/10/11
Martin	55	Rotation beds	Remove stones from rotation beds before ploughing	In progress	16/10/11 but more to do! (d)
Martin	56	Strawberry beds	Small number of strawberry plants left in shed - These are to be planted into strawberry beds at the back wall. Plant between existing plants in these beds. Before planting remove runners and old leaves from the strawberry plants.	Done	16/10/11
Martin	57	Back wall beds	Bed left aside for school - Weed and dig. We will use half of this bed (nearest corner) for sowing plants being moved from rotation beds. The rest will be plenty for the school until spring.	In progress	Tony H started - very heavy going. Prob best to do a little at a time (d)
Martin	58	Raspberry beds	Prune old growth down to about 2 / 3 inches. Tie up green shoots.	Done	Muriel and Paul sorted 16/10. Have kept cuttings (in polytunnel) for planting into pots and then out in Feb.
Martin	59	Rotation beds	Keep harvesting crops as demand determines. Bed prepared for kale (over by sunflower and nastarium bed) Sean will plant up on Wednesday.	Done
Ciara	60	Potting up	Pot up geraniums, hydrangeas etc and store in polytunnel over winter	Done
Ciara	61	Cabbages	APHIDS FOUND IN BRUSSLES SPROUTS. Remove all infected material. Spray with garlic spray		Will bring garlic/salt spray next week. Some aphids in kohl rabi in polytunnel will beed spraying too