Mud Brick Palace Back To Basics - Week 51, Year 2

I'm back on board and it's just one week to go until we wrap up this second year of the Back to Basics Challenge.  I haven't decided if I am going to continue this challenge online or just be more focused on my personal record keeping next year.  If you have aButternutn opinion I will be more than happy to hear it.

  For those still actively participating - Thank you, I have really appreciated your company.

Sowing seed or Planting -

Sowing 

• Zucchini - Round
• Zucchini - Gold
• Squash - Yellow Patty Pan
• Squash- Spaghetti
• Pumpkin - Waltham Butternut
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Planting out

• Tomatoes galore (10 different types and 15 plants)
• 2 squash
• 6 zucchini
• 4 pumpkins (butternut, turks turban, chirmen)

Observing

• Artichokes are basically finished
• Lost the bank of Broad beans set aside for seed saving to the white Cockatoo's
• Loganberry just started to give ripe berries this week
• Strawberries have been running for a few weeks
• Borlotti Beans have just started climbing their frame
• Lemon we transplanted 2 years ago is thriving with all this rain
• Raspberries have just started to colour 
• Seed started tomatoes are starting to get big enough to move from their plastic snail guards to their wire support frames

Planning for The Future -

• Redesigned my weekly work plan
• Menu Plan

Working for the Future -

• processed 10 kg of cherries into the freezer for summer use
• froze chickpeas
• Made reusable shopping bags and ran a market stallcommitee
• A finished Freezer to fridge conversion to allow easier access to perishable food
• Entered recipes into an Electronic Recipe Manager for easier menu planning and shopping
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Building Community -

• Attended TTS central committee  meeting
• Ran a market stall with a group of girls
• Swapped at the November Transition Towns Food Swap
• Attended Community Harvest meeting

Learn a new Skill -

• how to pack 19 12L buckets of cherries into a hatchback securely enough to get to Brunswick :-)

Tuesday Dec 7th

Participant Posts
Linda at Remote Treechanger - Saturday Nov 20th , Tuesday Dec 7th


Tracy at Sunny Corner Farm - Monday Nov 29th , Monday Dec 6th