Scarecrow's Log: 13:12:2009:
Temperatures this week:
Lowest Min 3.3C
Lowest Max 19C
Highest Max 32.5C
3.5mm Rain
Lowest Min 3.3C
Lowest Max 19C
Highest Max 32.5C
3.5mm Rain
What's happening in the garden?
Apricots are nearly ripe...time to net the tree!
Tidied the Potato Wicking Bed in the Almond Area. There are small new potatoes in there so I've mounded up some composty soil from the bottom of the chooks pergola and they are ready for a heavy mulch!Propagation:
Seeds:
Mangelwurzel in Bed 3
Potting up:
- Lettuce Freckles, Rouge de Hiver
- Parsley
- Lovage
- Valerian
- Basil
- Dyers Chamomile
- Sweet Potato
- Zucchini Black
- Watermelon Sugar Baby
- Into the Dog Pen Beds
Sweet Potatoes in the Dog Pen Garden BedNew in the Garden This week:
We found a source of good straw. We bought 10 bales from a retired Organic Market Gardener. 2 bales are being scratched through by the chooks ready for mulching the garden, free of seed.Weekly Harvest Tally:
Doesn't include Greens fed to the chooks on a daily basis or herbs picked for use in the kitchen for cooking or tea making.
- Carrot Chantenay Red-cored***100g
Plus a yummy mix of greens for soups/stirfries/salads...Chives, Lebanese Watercress, Onions Red Stemmed Welsh Bunching, Parsley, Shallots, Sea Parsley, Warrigal Greens (blanched).
Eggs
- 9 from the Farmyard Ferals
- 12 from the Ginger Girls
- 2 from Blackie
It must be their French ancestry, 
the little Faverolles love posing for the camera!
The Barnevelders show off their beautiful feathers......and give themselves a good preening. 
