Mud Brick Palace Back To Basics - Week 43, Year 2

Sowing seed or Planting -
Potting Up

• Finished the last of the Seedling Orders
• 4 Red bunching onions

Planting out

• 3 green Bunching onions that are starting to give offshoots
• 15 Red Bunching onions in permanent spots

Observing

• the first broad beans are just starting for form.. around 1cm long at this point
• The Perennial leeks are just starting to set offshoots..YAYS
• Compost tomatoes have started to germinate.. it seems they think it was warm enough to spout even if we got a blast from the Antarctic last week
• it's been a real struggle to get the warm weather plants moving.. I think we have just had too much overcast for them to be getting enough light to decide to go.

Planning for The Future -

• Weekly work plan
• Menu Plan

Working for the Future -

• Caring for the seeds planted out for C.S.A. orders
• Made Sour Cherry cordial and froze

Building Community -

• Attended Sherbrooke community harvest Meeting
• Volunteered for the Transition Towns stall at the Stringybark Festival in Rowville

Learn a new Skill -

• Sour Cherry Cordial
• 1 step button holing on my sewing machine

Participant Posts

Tracy at Sunny Corner Farm - Monday Oct 11th

Ohhh, bees (drop over and have a look see)

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

Walking Away.. For a Bit

I have been trying to ignore it because generally I love my writing so much but all signs currently point to me being burnt out.  I look at my days and they are totally unfocused, I struggle to come up with my blog posts and this means they take up a lot more time than they should.  

Between trying to get the business off the ground and some changes we have had, with further changes possible in the future, am carving time to write out of time I really need to use to focus on the practical acts that support our life.  I need to find a new rhythm to my days that is more balanced, where I am not spending half the day sitting on my butt.  

I will be gone at least 4 weeks but in all honestly it might be much longer depending on how things work out.  My plan is to continue to post once a week for the Back to Basics Challenge along with notices for any cool looking local community events.  I am giving myself permission to post if I feel I truly driven to express something but coming up with content is going to be extremely low on my priority list. 

Best wishes

Belinda

Mud Brick Palace Back To Basics - Week 41, Year 2

Sowing seed or Planting -
Potting Up

• The C.S.A. Seedlings are in the process of being moved into the cell trays.

Observing

• The mystery berry vine is starting to flower
• The run of warmer clear days have been very, very welcome

Harvesting

• 100g radish

Maintenance 

• A and I lined the second wicking bed and put in the bottom layer of clean sand... just the soil to go
• Burnt off the very large pile of pruning to ensure they don't become a risk over the summer

Planning for The Future -

• Weekly work plan
• Menu Plan 

Working for the Future -

• Caring for the seeds planted out for C.S.A. orders
• Made Lemon Cordial and froze for summer

Building Community -

• Attended the Upwey food swap
• Bought what I could from a local farm stall

Learn a new Skill -

• N/A not to say I didn't just to say I can't remember :-)

Welcome Elain

Elain (Pekin X Khaki Campbell) in Fawn, Sunny in White...

Wood duck in well, wood duck