Mud Brick Palace Back To Basics - Week 42, Year 2

Sowing seed or Planting -
Sowing

• 10 Basil (Genovese)
• 10 Basil (Napolitano)
• 20 Khol Rabi
• 10 Lettuce Red Leprechaun 

Potting Up

• 40 Rosemary cuttings
• 25 Capsicum Yellow Banana
• 20 Mixed Tomato

Observing

• Onions are starting to look big, at least most of them
• Severe Leaf Curl on the nectarine although some of the leaves are coming through clean, looks like we need to spray next year.

• A has cleaned out all the old litter from the chicken coop and moved it into one of the new beds we are developing at the house level
• Soil under the chicken coop looks awesome so the plan is to move it and plant in there this year.
• The snow pea seed I put in last week is looking good in the wicking bed

Harvesting

• 150g radishes
• 100g loose leaf lettuce

Maintenance 

• Weeding
• A and I lined the new pallet beds with plastic to slow down decomposition
• Build a big compost heap on one of the pallet beds 

Planning for The Future -

• Weekly work plan
• Menu Plan 

Working for the Future -

• Caring for the seeds planted out for C.S.A. orders

Building Community -

• Attended the Sherbrooke Community School Eco fair and worked on the Transition Towns stall
• Potted up Rosemary, Tomato and Capsicum to be sold as fundraisers on the stall
• Made up small seed packets to give away on the stall

Learn a new Skill -

• Putting together info boards 

Participant Posts Linda at Remote Treechanger - Saturday October 9th