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Am slowly but surely getting around to filling the raised beds. poop and leaf mold, that will topped off with compost. One builders bag of leaf mold, filled one 2mx1m bed. I nearly did myself a mischief haulin' it. The poop that pops and I collected, has been put into the raised beds. I've tried to fill the larger ones as much as I can, so I don't need to spend so much on compost! I have a hard time telling my mother that I very rarely spend stupid amounts of money. When I do, it's generally for something important.
Chilli adventure is failing, as is the cauliflower one. Things got all to leggy on the classroom window sills; not much heat or light. So very demoralising.
Going to try again
Awaiting potatos, and spring garlic. Getting rather impatient in anticipating them; but that gives me time to sort the beds out. I have some garlic already sown; but not an awful lot. It all got eaten by the rain; and made me cross.
If I can get one topped off, I can perhaps sow Ma some spinach, fenugreek and Chard. Just the one bed. That would mark things as working. Broadies have been sown into paper pots, and sit in the classroom. At first, the process of pot making was fun, only ma kept taking the maker off me and doing them her way. Apparently I wasn't making them properly. Will also look at dwarf french beans. One of the lotment neighbours suggested that beans were useful. If in doubt, so sow them. I can understand about legumes and their nitrogen fixing properties. The debate rumbles on about how useful that is or not. I like beans, as do ma. I wonder if she can make dahl with dry ones, a la black eyed beans, you know, with borlotti beans, for example. Runners will be thought of too.
I have baby beetroot, and baby celery, a long list of other things to grow. Might sow tomatoes in a month or so. Sent loads of seeds to VC, and must remember to plan ahead for curcurbits et cetra.
Plot is still soggy. Whilst I don't want to move, I am going to speak to the commitee. It's not just me who is suffering from poor drainage on the site. It makes me really cross that you have to all but wade down to the last three plots. It's like an oyster bed, I tell you
Chilli adventure is failing, as is the cauliflower one. Things got all to leggy on the classroom window sills; not much heat or light. So very demoralising.
Going to try again
Awaiting potatos, and spring garlic. Getting rather impatient in anticipating them; but that gives me time to sort the beds out. I have some garlic already sown; but not an awful lot. It all got eaten by the rain; and made me cross.
If I can get one topped off, I can perhaps sow Ma some spinach, fenugreek and Chard. Just the one bed. That would mark things as working. Broadies have been sown into paper pots, and sit in the classroom. At first, the process of pot making was fun, only ma kept taking the maker off me and doing them her way. Apparently I wasn't making them properly. Will also look at dwarf french beans. One of the lotment neighbours suggested that beans were useful. If in doubt, so sow them. I can understand about legumes and their nitrogen fixing properties. The debate rumbles on about how useful that is or not. I like beans, as do ma. I wonder if she can make dahl with dry ones, a la black eyed beans, you know, with borlotti beans, for example. Runners will be thought of too.
I have baby beetroot, and baby celery, a long list of other things to grow. Might sow tomatoes in a month or so. Sent loads of seeds to VC, and must remember to plan ahead for curcurbits et cetra.
Plot is still soggy. Whilst I don't want to move, I am going to speak to the commitee. It's not just me who is suffering from poor drainage on the site. It makes me really cross that you have to all but wade down to the last three plots. It's like an oyster bed, I tell you
I have spare peppers - sweet and lemon drop chilli should you want any. Calabrese and cabbage too. Could meet you in Brum.
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