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Rhubarb for a crumble, spinach, and I made a salad with corn salad, radish, fresh herbs and the thinings from the spring onions.......all eaten outside in the sun, bliss
Only 3 savoy cabbage left, so I repositioned the netting to keep them safe from the pigeons and pulled up the old stumps for the chickens. I rough dug over the bed in the hope the soil will dry enough to get the grass clumps out tomorrow.
I sowed carrots, beetroot and parsnips direct, and those I sowed last month are now now showing through. I also planted my aubergines out in the polythene caves and sorted out chillies for the bedroom windows sill. Time to replace the ones that have been there for 2.5 years as they are beginning to flag a bit.
I could not live without a garden, it is my place to unwind and recover, to marvel at the power of all growing things, even weeds!
Now a little Shrinking Violet.
Found 3 tiny taters when I pulled the last of the cornstalks out to put in broad beans. Took them and the 6 freshest eggs in to son in town for his dins. Chard for the chooks.
Some days it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints!
One bit of old folklore wisdom says to plant tomatoes when the soil is warm enough to sit on with bare buttocks. In surburban areas, use the back of your wrist. Jackie French
Member of the Eastern Branch of the Darn Under Nutter's Club
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