The third load
The third load of organic mushroom compost was delivered today. The van went down the track and because it’s been so wet, could not get out. After lots of manual pushing, cursing and shoving, we agreed to pull it out with the Kia. In…
Open Garden Limitations
The garden is really a field, near the house. Here are a few things to be aware of. This is a Sanctuary, so please treat it as such, it’s not a commercial outlet. It’s a place to hang out and enjoy the moment. Bring…
My First Donation
It’s a convoluted story but it’s interesting how speaking to people links to other people. My second Covid jag was yesterday. I was fresh out of the poly tunnel, boots and all. The nurse who was about to inflict pain made light conversation and…
What more Tatties?
After planting the last long bed, I had a few more potatoes to plant. Using double bed bases, upcycled by wrapping in black weed fabric to unify the look, I filled them with 5 wheelbarrow loads of compost and planted the ‘last’ of the…
Bricks ‘n Beer
Today was hard graft. the poly tunnel trench was redug where the plastic cover had lifted, the cover retentioned and the trench filled (properly this time). I then used the budza (adz) to plant two beds of potatoes. I also made some cool plant…
Bloody Wind
The wind managed to lift a part of the poly tunnel cover. It’s my own fault because I should have added more weight in trench while I had the chance. The extended potato beds are filled and I’ve laid out the main crop potatoes….
Potato Bed No 4
The first delivery of mushroom compost seemed to take about two weeks to arrange. The second load was delivered on the same day. Just shows what giving away cookies can do. After two loads of bricks about a metric ton, half the compost, delivered…
Potato Planting
Two beds of potatoes have been planted. I used an adz, or a budza as it is called in Zim, to make light work of planting potatoes. The two beds took roughly 4 bags of potatoes. I’ll need three more beds the same size…
Pot and tools
Over a cup of tea, the number of Ray’s tomatoes came up and the fact I did not want to buy any more plastic pots. Bryan has donated, the entire contents of his greenhouse that included oodles of pots, trays, with bespoke tampers and…