AKA protect your crops! Above: behold: our chicken pecked tomato… I’ve been busy—finishing the academic year and not so happy with my last assignment. My head buzzes most of the time and I seem to have not managed to develop a strategy for focus and note taking. This has lead to an endless folder in my … Continue reading
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Mid-winter in the garden
…and it’s surprisingly abundant Every other week I get to be ‘chief cook and bottle washer’ in the garden as my better half undertakes tasks away from home: improving the world, one person at a a time 🙂 So, in my meanderings today I took some snaps of the veggies and the system. We have … Continue reading
It’s often about timing …
and this time we were a bit out Sigh of relief! We finally received some good, soaking, at some points, torrential rain over the last 48 hours. Our tanks are now at peak capacity (so 4,000 litres all up) and we even had to bail out the sump (the grow beds and the sump are open to the … Continue reading
The flowers that bloom…
…for the purposes of pest control! OK…so this flower did so much ‘bloom’ as was constructed and put into service to ward off unwanted birds. It seems like the tender delights of lettuce and broccoli seedlings, nestled in their little baskets in the NFT system, are all too tempting for some flying thief. We suspect … Continue reading
Growth in four weeks
…getting greener by the day! A short post today…so many things are going on, and I have to catch my breath and take stock, so I hope to bring you some new ideas and topics in the coming days and weeks. Today I just wanted to share with you the growth in Bed 4 of … Continue reading