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    Snoop's log, plot date 15.5.2021

    Spread a load of muck this morning and planted out the tomato and basil plants. It's due to be warm but cloudy a lot of today, not as windy as the last few days, so conditions should be reasonable for them.

    Of the plug plants, the yellow peppers look like I'll need to buy some more. Will get those and some onion seedlings next week.

    Turns out we're off out for supper. So will try and get some more plants in the ground before we go, but while it's a bit cooler than now.

    On the no-dig principles front, 15 cm of sheep muck just looks too deep. The locals will think I'm mad using so much muck in one go. So I've spread quite a bit less. Plus, I suspect conditions are too dry here for cardboard to decay quickly enough for the plants. So no cardboard laid so far. Will put some under the courgettes and see how it goes.

    For next week, more scything and bed preparation, get the bean and pea frame up and plants in. Put onion seedlings down in the fields, plant out brassicas and other seedlings I've got growing in modules. Direct sow melons and squash and carrots. Do some more successional sowing and have a look through all the flower and herb seeds. That feels like plenty to be going on with!

    Oh, and there's me saying roll on retirement. Don't think I'll be taking early retirement after all. Social security changes afoot here that will mean I pay in considerably more as a self-employed person (currently just under 300 euros a month but will go up to quite a bit over 400) and will suffer considerable cut in state pension if I retire before pension age even though I'll have made a full pension's worth of contributions. But on the other hand, I should also get more on retirement if I hang on to the full age and don't die meanwhile of the plague, of course.
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