Sowing seed or Planting -
Harvest
- 1 zucchini
- 8 raspberries
- Put down 3 more bales of mulching straw
- Pulled and harvested the broad bean seed for next year
- Watered Every food crop on the block
- Massively high winds snapped my mature squash at the ground :-(
- Sunflowers didn't fair as badly as I expected in the high winds
Planning for The Future -
- Made phone contact with clustergroup oraniser... meeting next Monday
- Bought a raft of books on preserving, fermenting etc
- processed the rest of the apricots into unsweetened paste and froze
- made ice poles from some of the apricot paste
Building Community -
- bought my mulch from one of the permie group members
- bought a couple of books from a Melbourne ALS member
- finished my first batch of gluten free bread.. very unusual ingredients and process but actually produces something quite closely resembling bread as long as you are not fussy
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sowing/planting:
- observing: sunflowers growing, peas doing their thing, cherry tomatoes becoming ripe
- maintenance: plenty of watering, especially the neglected artichokes
working for the future:
- maintaining water intake
- goodly amount of physical exercise
- keeping track of posture throughout the day
planning for the future:
- have a lot of lemon zest strips left over from making limoncello, think i'll make muffins. or maybe baked cheesecake?
- made some decisions about work, i'm happy with myself for the moment
creating community:
- gave some sunflower seedlings to a friend
- spent a weekend with some people i admire and care about
- spent a chunk of time with someone recently moved to melbourne, i'm introducing him to people i think he'll get along with
new skill:
- canoeing
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