Imbolc to Alban Eiler 2011: What we sowed/planted
This kind of information is available in lots of different places (here and here for example) so really, this is more for me as an aide memoire. But in case it’s useful, here it is. I’ve done it in...
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It all started with the gardener’s hands. I hate gloves, and I spend a lot of time with my hands in compost or pulling lantana, so I end up with rough, calloused hands. I quite like having gardener’s...
View ArticleAlban Eiler to Beltane (Sept 23 – Nov 1) 2011
Alban Eiler is the Spring Equinox, so in this 8th, the days are longer then the nights, and getting longer (but more slowly). The garden is responding with daily flourishes of new green, which makes us...
View ArticleJoy
I just need to say how good I feel today. Even CSG can’t shake it – I have this solid sense of joy and abundance and love for everything. Flaky? Absolutely. Do I care? Absolutely not. Continue reading →
View ArticleLughnasadh to Alban Elued 2012 (Feb 1 to Mar 20)
CSG issues took up a lot of time this eighth, so we slacked off on the harvesting, as well as the sowing and recording. But here goes a quick summary, with the limited notes I’ve got… This eighth is...
View ArticleAlban Elued – Samhain (Mar 20 – May 1) 2012
Autumn! Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness! Root vegie soups! Harvests Greens: ruby chard and some remnant silverbeets, red giant chinese mustard, rocket, lettuce, mizuna Beans: Cherokee Wax...
View ArticleRoot vegie soup
My turn to cook for a change, so I raided the garden for ingredients for vegie soup. Actually, the grey pumpkin isn’t ours – we swapped some bananas for it. Clockwise from the grey pumpkin – another...
View ArticleArrowroot
When we first built the summer garden fence, there was a non-edible variety of canna lily going bananas where we wanted to plant food. I spent a fair bit of time digging it out and throwing it to the...
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