I've discovered HEAPS of pumpkin seedlings that have come up in one of the patches where the chickens have just moved on from. It's conveniently at the edge of my garden, so a bit of repositioning of some of the seedlings and I'll have a nice pumpkin patch out of the way of other things.
The kids bean and pea tepee is coming along well. Today we strung up more string around the poles (and Nathan improvised and hacked down a creeping vine thing with a nearby rock to use to tie around too) to allow them to climb higher. We found the first lot of sugar snap peas ready to eat. Crunch!
I dug out the compost from one of my bins and loaded it into a nearby bed to plant out some seedlings that I bought from the supermarket this morning. I figured, rather than feeling disgruntled at the lack of action and how far behind my own seedlings would be is to get a little headstart by buying a few bundles. So I now have another 6 decent size tomato plants, 9 broccoli, 9 cabbage and 20 red onions on the go.
Now, I'll be back to seeds for my successional planting...tomorrow will put a tray of medicinal herb seeds (I was given a few packets from a friend) and will check through my stash for other vegetables to get going.
I was given a bunch of vegetable seedlings that a friend wasn't able to put in her garden due to moving shortly. So I will babysit them in my garden for her since I have loads of space to fill up. Some of them are corn which I had decided not to grow this year but then decided I wanted cornsilks for my herbal stash and she can have the corn , so it works out well.
Have been harvesting more little cauliflowers and have about another half dozen to go. At least there was some return from my winter garden!\
The day was so hot we saw the chickens in the pond (standing on the mesh wire to drink through the gaps) - obviously their own water wasn't quite the exciting challenge. They have also taken to dust bathing and resting in the kids sandpit.
We've turned into a potato farm with all the self-seeded plants from last year's left behind potatoes - I did a big tidy up during the week by pulling out all the weeds and mounding them up.
My herbal study is coming along and I've been making up tinctures, infused oils and drying - have done dandelion root (the spring root provides different benefits to the autumn root) and calendula flower oil.
4 comments:
woohoo!!
I've got to get my hands on nettle next year. We just don't have it here.
I'm thinking maybe it's too dang dry.
What kind of herb seeds did you get? I'm hoping to start a medicinal herbal garden soon! I need to study up on which plants would be the most beneficial to have!
sounds like it's going great! i'm jealous as always ;)
Steph, shame that growing nettle could be a problem for you, it's one I've been really keen on finding.
Kendra, I had some seed packets that I probably wouldn't have normally brought but will be good to have on hand. As for starting off - I'd go for all the herbs that are both culinary as well as medicinal (sage, thyme, oregano, rosemary, lemon balm, marjoram, mints etc) and then identify the wild herbs in your garden (I have found violet, cleavers, chickweed, blackberry etc) and then identify in your neighbourhood others that would be of benefit. After that then start to add extras (I like calendula and need to increase my own supply too). It takes a while and the best learning comes from absorbing it slowly I think. I think each persons choices will be different based on their own needs so I'm at the same point now deciding which of the less common herbs to start to add to my garden.
Nova, you will have your own wee patch of land to make your own very soon I'm sure (and if not, you can come and set up camp in my garden anytime you like!).
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