Monday, 29 March 2010

Mudbrick Palace Back to Basics - Week 17, Yr 2



Firstly I just wanted to say a big Thanks to those that were involved with the "Doing Party".

I hope all had an interesting day picking up a few new skills along the way. We are extremely grateful to have spent the day in the company of such wonderful people and are impressed at what was achieved.

Sowing seed or Planting -

Harvesting

  • 300g Tomatoes
  • 2kg Marrow (overgrown zucchini)

Sowing
  • 8 spinach Winter Giant
  • 8 Spinach Virolay
  • 4 Spinach American Curled

Planting Out (it was raining so I didn't note exactly what A and I was getting in the ground but it's at least half of the potting table)
  • 4 Cauliflower (Violet Sicilian)
  • 6 Brussel Sprout
  • Lots Cabbage (both head and Sugarloaf)
  • 16 Broccoli (mixed varieties)
  • 8 Cauliflower (Early snow)

Planning for The Future
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  • Weekly work plan
  • Menu Plan

Working for the Future -
  • 10 jars Tomato Kasundi
  • 7 jars Fig Jam

Building Community -


  • Ran a working bee through the Sherbrooke Community Harvest Project
  • Worked the Mt Districts Permaculture Pancake Fund raiser at Petty's Orchard

Learn a new Skill -

  • Continued breathing when everything is just a little too chaotic for my liking.
  • Fig Jam

2 comments:

Umatji said...

I really like the look of this meme - how often do you do it and can I join in?

belinda said...

Hi Umatji,

You are more than welcome to join. New participants are always fun.

My next report will be Monday and generally I report back every week. Some of the participants write about it fortnightly and a couple are closer to monthly or basically whenever they have the time. It is totally up to you what level of frequency you want to achieve.

Should I put you into the participating blogs or do you want to think about it a bit more?

Kind Regards
Belinda

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