The mother hen on the allotment field now has only three babies. I'm sure there were around 9 or 10 a couple of weeks ago.
Stigg lets the birds roam free, he let the cockerel breed, he doesn't care if the birds or chicks live or die, he only got them to piss the council off. A dog killed a hen a few days ago, he laughed. He feeds them stale white bread and they have no shelter.
The council have told him to get rid of them, especially the cockerel but he won't. #gardening#allotment#chickens
An overhead shot of the downslope allotment from a raised perspective. I stood on the neighbours fence! Well, I've been digging over his area for him and getting access via the fence, so I took the opportunity. #gardening#allotment
The woodland bank is looking lush at this time of year. I'm kind of proud of this little wasteland area that has become such a variety of green and flowers. #gardening
There is plenty of wild greenery around the garden and in the forest this spring. In particular, I’ve noticed an explosion of garlic mustard plants which seem to have popped up along our path and throughout the forest this year. #gardening#plants#forests
First nachtvlinder flowers fully open. If you look closely, you can see the bit of blue in the centres. Such a lovely salvia, purported to help reduce black spot on roses when underplated, & smells like lemon when you brush your hands over it. One of those plants I always have to have. #gardening@gardening
If you plant a tree every day, in a lifetime you will plant a forest.
Our habits make us, #composting is a very rewarding habit, if you do it every day, in a matter of years you will be able to fix your topsoil, #GrowYourOwn plants, and create abundance.
You will also do your part in putting the carbon back into the #soil and help balance the #climate.
Got some more strawberries for the garden and a few yellow squash babies. Unfortunately they were out of elysium. Maybe next time. Got half the squash bed cleared out and the squash put in before the mosquitoes got too intense. I left a fringe of the native plants around the edge of the squash bed because I didn't have any pollinators to replace them. #Gardening
Working bee at the #communitygarden this morning, followed by a #composting workshop. I though I’m relatively knowledgeable about composting but I picked up some good tips.
Spent the day sorting out brassica netting and bean frames. Will plant out my first lot of brassicas outside and aubergines and tomatoes in the greenhouses over the next few days. Beans and squash will go out later this month.
Also did more swaps, this time broccoli and lettuce for some of my spare cucumbers and marigolds 🌱
The good bit about having a manual push mower is that you can cut the grass in the evening without disturbing the neighbours (are you listening garden power tools man?). Going to need to cut the ample hedging soon. This will also be by hand. Snip snip. Bit by bit as and when I have the time (this is when I meet new people who speak to me whilst i'm queitly...er...trimming my hedge. Stop that).
Slow #gardening #garden