Sowing seed or Planting -
Harvest
- 6 Raspberries
- 2 zucchini
- Carrot Seed
- Parsnip seed
- Leaf Mustard Seed
- 6 tomatos
- Watered Every food crop on the block
- Fire prevention work
- Eggplants think 40C days are great
Planning for The Future -
- Monday meeting cancelled due to heat... moved to next Monday
- Created winter garden plan
- Made Spiced Grape Jam (because of the circumstances it tastes like I have I managed to candy the sugar so we will see)
- Framed planting calendar
- Working through harvesting and packing all the items that I have been leaving since spring for seed saving.
- Getting together Fire fighting basics for all 3 people who are likely to be around in a fire emergency
- Reassessed our Fire plan due to the extreme conditions experienced Saturday 8th
- Set up shade cloth canopy over new Autumn plantings in an attempt to keep them alive as well as deter white cabbage moth attack of the cabbage family
Building Community -
- Made various trips to Drop Fire donations off at Mooroolbark
- Attended Sherbrooke Community Harvest - Local Harvest Dinner
- Attended Montrose - Kilsyth Community Harvest planning meeting
- Bought Books from an ALS member who was fundraising to go to Africa as a park keeper
- N/A
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whoo hoo go new participant! i always enjoy browsing through other people's update diary entries.
sowing/planting:
- planting: greek basil
- maintenance: lots of watering and mulching. in an attack of the cunning, i weeded the veggie patch while everything was weak from the heat, then arranged the solaring plastic sheets to better kill the grass around the vegetables. in an attack of the not so cunning, remembered i have a big sheet of shadecloth after the recent heatwaves ended
- harvesting: cherry tomatoes
-observing: garden hit hard but going strong as long as i keep remembering to water
working for the future:
- bottled up a batch of ginger beer. i'm keeping a plant alive that a friend gave me, and experimenting with feeding it using ground up ginger as well as powdered ginger
- doing more physical exercise. working hard at yoga, more walking, move moving, still keeping a close eye on my posture
- oiled up my bike and went for a ride with a friend! hooray! i'll be doing that again, i think
planning for the future:
- rearranging the outdoor furniture in my head. measured up the bbq, planting trolleys, plant shelves, trestle tables, outdoor dining table...
- put my hand up for a first aid course going at work
- made lists of all the people i spend time with regularly, and all the activities i do regularly. thought hard about where my priorities are and what i will be devoting energy to this year
creating community:
- helped belinda & andrew fire-ready their home
- looked after my sister's cat and garden while she was on holiday
- attended a clothes swap at work organised by one of the students
- organised a phd support group
- putting a lot of energy into social structures that enable the men's group recently started by a friend
- facilitated a discussion group
- caught up with people from overseas and interstate
- making an effort to keep up my end of correspondence with those i care about far away
- donated money and goods to the fire relief efforts
- attended a life modelling workshop and talked at length with the organiser
- saw my sister's band play at the pub with some friends
- encouraged a friend to come to my yoga class
- creating interesting links among my friendship groups
new skill:
- rather than fight (and lose) strong destructive patterns, i'm subverting the power of existing patterns to do more useful work. trial 1: every time i find myself biting my nails, i do a round of strengthening exercise instead
- being more honest, communicative and connected with the people in my life
- belief in my capabilities
Go the motivational power of public exposure!
sowing/planting:
- maintenance: weeding, clear up, bit of mowing, edging.
working for the future:
- Set water system to water from pool to orchard.
creating community:
- Got angry at people from work. I think this is the best category for it, seriously.
new skill:
- Recording acoustic guitar. use a vocal microphone!
Great work, I can see lots of achievement in both of those lists.
Kind Regards
Belinda
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