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Peas Don’t Like Onions…
The veg plot looks like a veg plot today. The salad bed is overflowing with goodness, the brassicas appear to be flourishing under their bridal veil and the potatoes are hinting at underground promise. The Everything Else plot isn't big enough. There were originally two Everything Else plots in the plan but I randomly decided to grow tatties and figured I'd figure everything else out later. For now, the EE bed is full - although it doesn't look it yet as some seedlings are tiny and some ... read more
You Can’t…
When I built the little plastic covered, portable greenhouse thingy she laughed and said "that won't work." When most of the seedlings failed she said "I told you so." When I planted the surviving seedlings in a newly cleared patch of earth, she said "I don't think you can grow things there without conditioning the soil." When I told her this plant was a cucumber, she said "it needs to be in a greenhouse." When I told her it's an outdoor variety, she said "don't believe all you read on a ... read more
Life Death Rebirth
On the one hand I feel overwhelmed by pandemic obsession with averting mortality... The latest during the ad break in a film where the advertising bombarded me with a bunch of negativity and told me what I should be doing so that I won't grow old looking. That gem was followed by a proclamation that women could beat nature. I think it was a single use throw-away sanitary product. I suppose if you look at it a bit squinty you could agree that women could beat nature with their repeated ... read more
A Snail’s Pace
I am not going to post a photo of a snail. You all know what snails looks like, especially if you own a garden and you care for it. Also - there are so many contenders for the position of snail model that I just cannot choose. Things I have learned about snails... They are actually quite fast. They will not, ever, eat the plants and debris that you really wouldn't mind them eating. Instead of chomping merrily through the weed seedlings or attacking the ornamental pine things, they ... read more
Mother Nature’s Secrets
I found this little bundle of potential whilst I was digging out a small corner of the garden. I found two, but this is the one I took the photo of before I tucked it carefully back into the earth. It's the chrysalis of what will be and Angle Shades Moth.
This makes me sound knowledgeable and interesting but when I unearthed it I had no idea what I was looking ... read more
My Kingdom For A Fork
I have discovered that owning land, no matter how small a plot of land it is, is not as simple as just signing the missives (how is that for a bit of link love?), stabbing a flag pole bird feeder into the earth and staking one's claim. I have also discovered that when you view a property, the perception you walk away with can be somewhat different from reality. For instance, @ was positive that we had a cupboard under the stairs as well as in the kitchen. He was planning ways to turn this ... read more
Every Bean Counts
[caption id="attachment_457" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Taexalia's Magic Beans"][/caption] Crunching and bean counting being big news just now, I have decided to join in - and today the great bean sprouting experiment got under way. I have found a lot of advice out there but no singular method, and so this should prove interesting as I am still clueless... First I soaked my teeny tiny little beans in filtered water for eight hours... [caption id="attachment_458" ... read more
My Kingdom For A Fork