Sowing

Sown one seedtray white cosmos.

Melons beginning to show.

Sowing and planting out

Seived compost to third bin.

Built two deep seed trays.

Sown two trays of red salvia Blade of Fire dwarf.
Sown one 6-module large sweet chilli (seed obtained from Ron).
Sown one 6-module butternut squash.
Sown one 6-module capsicum.
Sown one 6-module tomato "money maker".
Sown two small plastic trays rocket.

Thinned out lobelia. They are still very small, less than 2 cm leaf to root tip.
Planted out 12 snow peas along the back wire fence.
Repotted two butternut squash from a small pot to two 10 cm pots.

Sowing and potting

Six courgette seeds sown in modules.
Potted out coriander - eight 8 cm pots containing 2 or 3 seedlings each.

To do

Sow more red salvia.
Sow cosmos.
Buy courgette seed and sow soon.
Pot on the coriander, now over 3 cm tall.
Thin out lobelia into either modules or another seedtray.
Build more seedtrays.
Mow lawns and rake up camellia heads.
Prune ornamental yellow bush by the deck.
Weed beds along top lawn and sow allysum.
Weed beds from middle lawn to bottom lawn.
Weed beds from bottom lawn going down to the stream.
Prune trees by log pile and front garden and shred waste.
Seive and turn compost bins.
Sow more tomato plants when the last sowing begins to show.
Repair step by side of pool.

Weeding and sowing

Sowed seven butternut squash in modules and 5cm pot.
Planted seedtray of red salvia.
The seedtray of lobelia are showing. The sowing is quite dense, so some thinning will be required soon.
Hoed weeds behind the vege patch and under the grapefruit. Sprayed the remainder with Roundup.
Weeded the hellebores in the front. They are doing well. Calendula bed weeded, and the calendula are flowering. The calendula in the front bed will flower soon.
The hibiscus in the front by the hedge are not doing well. There is one with some leaves and one with no leaves but a shoot at the tip. The other two are dead.
Sprayed the oranges with Copper Oxychloride.

Vegetables mostly

Planted out two more snowpeas to replace lost peas.
Planted out onions next to garlic.
Sprinkled growmore on the garlic. The supermarket garlic has not sprouted at all.
Weeded the vege patch.

Its been a wet week with 20mm rain on Friday.

Jobs for the Weekend

If the weekend is dry:
Weed the ornamental grasses and sow alyssum. Rake the middle lawn as the weed and feed has killed much of the moss and it needs removing.
Check the second stage compost bin to see if the comost needs turning or can go into the third stage bin, which is almost empty.
Rake up the camellia blossom that has fallen.
Plant out any remaining pea seedlings.
Plant out onions. Its a bit late, but better late than never.

If the weekend is wet:
Build more seedtrays.
Sow some of the summer veg - tomatoes, courgettes, squash, melon, chilli and capsicum can all be started. Plant another module of coriander for succession.
Sprinkle Growmore on the garlic, feed the gardenia while there is rain to water it in.

Sowing Lobelia, Salvia

Sowed half a seedtray of lobelia, half of salvia.
The salvia seed was cropped from last year's flowers.

Building a coldframe

The lobelia sown last weekend are beginning to show. Coriander is sprouting nicely now.

Finished building a coldframe, 120cm x 90cm x 70cm. I made the mistake of building the front and back first, then attached the sides. It would be better to do the sides first as they are more complex. A flat at the top allows the lid to be easily hinged.

Moved the marigold seedlings and some other into the frame to make space in the garage.

Frost

We had frost yesterday and today. Not a hard frost, but frost all the same. It seems to have done no damage.

Sowing lobelia

Sowed one large seedtray of lobelia. Its a fiddly little seed.
Pricked out a dozen onion seedlings, which are beginning to show.
Cut back the parsley, which is beginning to bolt.
Took three divisions off the marjoram.

Lawn maintenance

Mowed the middle lawn. Its very mossy so I spread Weed and Feed on it to be rained in over the weekend.
Put together a small seedtray 30cm x 20 cm.

Sowing coriander

Planted one six-module of coriander - 14 seeds in all.

Its been two days of heavy rain, but warm, about 16 degrees. The marigolds sown last weekend are already germinating in the garage.

Wisteria

Wisteria was pruned to 3 buds on each spur.

Mostly sowing

Showery but mild day today.

Planted another seed tray of marigolds.
Planted two 8 cm pots of butternut squash, two seeds in each.
Planted two 8 cm pots of canteloup melon, two seeds in each.
Planted out 10 snow pea seedlings, now about 10cm to 15 cm tall at the end of the middle veg bed.

The two trays of marigolds sown last weekend are showing. The onions are not.

Built two new seed trays.