Wednesday Workshop #4
With brooding rain clouds and a forecast that confirmed rain, I moved the workshop into the kitchen. How to cook veggies and use herbs was a big part of the discussion of the last workshop so it was fitting. As I’m a mint fan…
Helping in the community
Our Saturday workshop went well, numbers are fluctuating; some folks are going away on much needed holidays. We covered transplanting and spent some time discussing Korean Natural Farming (KNF) and we’ll cover that in more detail next week as we did on Wednesday’s course….
Donation to EATS Rosyth
Today was the first food donation from the poly tunnel and included Kale, courgettes (I think the baby ones taste nicer) baby and mis-shapen swede, rainbow swiss chard and some potted parsley. Cut and delivered within half an hour.
Looking Lush and green
It’s just past the solstice and plants are now producing, growing, flowering and generally looking verdant.
Weekend Workshop 1
Today was the first weekend class. There were five people who attended, with varying degrees of experience. It was a hands off class, I did lots of rambling. We covered, pots sizes, potting on, compost and adding drainage and moisture retention, seed sizes, how…
Workshop #2
Rather than not expecting anyone to arrive, I was concerned we would be swamped. Turns out there were 10 of us, so under the covid limitation and about the right size. Any more would have been too many, particularly if the rain had stay…
Strawberry bed
This is 3′ square, knocked together quickly with oiled wood and took three wheel barrow loads of compost to fill. I like using a bucket of water to soak the compost before planting and they I water each of the plants after planting. It’s…
A wee update
The plants are just exploding in the poly tunnel and the seedlings are all needing to be potted up and planted out. I don’t have any more space so I’m using the lawn outside. Potted up are swedes and cabbages ready for when the…
Beginners workshop Week 1
A mixture of relief and delight washed over me when two people arrived for the workshop. Both known plant killers, brown thumbs and unsure about even being at the event. We went through watering, how to water, when plants need water, watering seedlings and…
Wooden raised beds
My initial plan was to use pallet wood to make beds, however time pressure meant I used what I had at hand. My beds have all been built with bricks and blocks. Until today. Wood rots, and I did not want to use a…