Planting out

Cleaned bed by middle lawn and planted out 6 perlagonium, 1 seedtray cosmos, 1/2 seedtray red salvia, 1/2 seedtray lobelia.
Planted out 1 tray marigolds around the vege patch.
Moved some gazenia from in front of the fence to the prepared bed by the blue furniture.
Cut down some of the kawakawa and larger weeds near the pool.
Thinned out weeds in lower canna bed, but it will need spraying. I will need to mulch it to keep the weeds down.
Potted on 6 tomato plants.
Sown two 8cm pots coriander.

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.

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.

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.

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.