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22 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Emerald Witch
Weeding I finally hacked into the weeds. I actually enjoyed the weeding and once you start and really look closely most of the weeds are pretty obvious, there was only one thing I was unsure about so I left it and hopefully next week I'll ha...
21 May 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Emerald Witch
Covering Plants In Seaweed We got much more seaweed this week, it was also more slimier and nastier then the last time. We put seaweed around our new corn plants, it will be interesting to see them next week and see how they've grown. ...
20 May 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Emerald Witch
Growing Our Own Part 5 Another day on the farm and everything is looking good. I think this is a marigold, if it is it's doing better than the others. Not sure what this is but it's planted where a lot of things are planted like carrot,...
19 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Emerald Witch
Growing Our Own Part 4 The peas are looking so much better after their seaweed bath and they feel so much stronger. These were the peas last week before their spa treatment 👆🏻 And this is them today after a week with the seaweed and...
16 May 2021 4 minute read 0 comments Dibbler
This morning I woke up fairly early, made myself a coffee while Sky and Elizabeth still slept, and sat for a moment behind the house enjoying the early morning heat. The sky was a clear deep blue with just a couple of clouds to the south, the sun...
14 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Emerald Witch
Growing Our Own Part 3 We spread the seaweed over our plot and we definitely underestimated how much seaweed to get but it did the job. I think we were supposed to wash the seaweed first 🤫 we'll do that the next time. The bulk went on...
13 May 2021 1 minute read 3 comments Emerald Witch
Collecting Seaweed For Fertiliser We went to our local beach, which is just a 5 minute drive from the farm to collect seaweed. I thought we were going to have to walk around for a while looking for seaweed, a bit of an adventure for our tod...
13 May 2021 6 minute read 0 comments clubby
Of Cucumbers and Cucamelons Effects from Oilist app (iPhone) Cucumbers (Cucumus sativus) Cucumbers are a creeping vine plant with broad, coarse leaves that is frost-sensitiv...
13 May 2021 7 minute read 0 comments clubby
On Deeper Roots II On Root Vegetables - On Beets & 'Bagas Root vegetables have gone from being staple crops that kept us from starving during the cold winter months in generatio...
12 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Emerald Witch
Growing Our Own Part 2 Our peas are looking a bit depressed so we are going to go to the beach tomorrow and collect seaweed and hopefully that will give the peas a well needed boost and it's also an excuse to go to the beach with our boys. ...
