Planning & Reviewing Previous Years

It's the holiday season, very cold and wet and the time for planning for this year and reviewing the previous years. I have created a new page under the banner called Sowing & Planting Plan. This is in addition to the Plans for Mill Green Plot 1A and  Plans for Spencer Road Plot 23B pages that have plans showing there layouts with what's going in each bed  this year and a list of what varieties are being grown.  

The Sowing & Planting Plan Page is a schedule of things to do and when based on guidance from Garden Focused based on the last frost date for Sutton Surrey of the last week in April. I selected what I'm going to grow and have copied the schedule produced from the web site and pasted on the Sowing & Planting Plan Page,

I'm in the process if tweaking the schedule based on experience and added lines like adding a fortnightly reminder for Spring Onions after the initial one in March produced by the web site. I'm also adding plot specific tasks that need to be completed like the preparation of the beds for the Asparagus and the erection of the greenhouse.

Reviewing the diary over the last four years for January

2013 - Planning, Infrastructure Works, Lea Cages, Bed Edging, Paving off Freecycle. Burning Debris

2014 - Bean Trench, Infrastructure Works, Potato Chitting, Digital Thermometer from Lidl

2015 - Onions from Seed (first year) Clearing Brassica Beds & Composting, Prepping Beds with Manure, Coir Blocks from Poundland.

2016 - Snow, Infrastructure, Base for the shed on Spencer Road.  

So much depend on the weather in January, but the objectives for January 2017 are in many ways similar to those in January for the last four years, so here is the to do list in no particular order.

Spencer Road

• As much infrastructure works as the weather will allow 
• Raise the paving for the greenhouse
• Weed the area and create Beds 6 & 8 for the onions
• Make another 2.4m x 1.2m Onion Planting Membrane
• Tidy Up Mill Green Allotment
• Make Walking Onion raised bed frames.

Mill Green

• Tidy Up the Allotment
• Clear The Greenhouse
• Hoop Cages and Netting for Onions from Mill Green to Spencer Road
• Drain and Move Nettle Water Butt to Spencer Road
• Install hoop eyes and training wires for trees  

Home

• Clear the crap out of the sheds
• Find a new home for lawn mover
• Set up growing station in the brick shed

Reminders

• Already stocked up with coir for 2017, but I will need to replenish for 2018
• I have another green house so will want a few more of Digital Thermometer from Lidl
• Check condition of saved seed potatoes in the shed after heavy frost
• Purchase vent opener for new greenhouse.