#vegetables from scratch

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Behold, my bee bar! Pictured are the flowers of mustard, rocket, peas, Chinese cabbage, spring onion, and radish. I am well satisfied 💚

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I'm not bothering about the weeds, because I keep pulling them to add to the mulch. It's not very pretty but it's keeping the ground moist in 35+ weather, so. Also! Look! I have lemon balm and a little strawberry and lettuce under the tomato!

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I might not be able to cook anthing but rice for a while, but at least I can make a bit of pickle to go with it

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Waitwaitwait that wasn't there yesterday \o/ \o/ One of the challenges (and wonders) of gardening is you work and you work and you work and nothing happens. Then you turn around and EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING OMG

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Getting close

I won't get more than about 3 kg max, but that's still 3 kg more potatoes than I could buy right now. For once, I am waiting impatiently for plants to die *is boggled*

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Dammit

There goes this entire month's harvest. I hope I find out what went wrong.

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Potato!

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Cover crop update

It's been a month since I covered the bed with cover crops on it - but it was a month of frosted mornings, so things are slow on the microbial side of life.

I uncovered the bed to check on things and then used my hand hoe to chop everything a bit, added fertiliser (3:1:5 and super phosphatw) because it wasn't ready for planting yet, watered that in, and re-covered.

After this cold front things will start warming again so it might be ready in another 3 weeks.

If gardening is forcing me to do anything, it's being patient.