Waking Up We are starting to get going on some new projects and getting beds ready for the Spring planting.
These are some of our winter veggies.
SEEDS are sitting on a hot pad and have sprung their little heads looking for the sun. If I let myself I can go into a panic with all that needs to get going now.
Planning We are planning for the year to come for workshops and what else needs to be finished like the prunning that didn't get done. Will we make it??? Of course we will and we will keep going at the pace we can cope with and the resourses we have and the people power. People are starting to turn up as the days get warmer. Well some of them are warmer but not today. Keep an eye on what workshops are coming in Spring and Summer.
NEW PROJECT We are preparing 2 beds in our Mandala for the project of growing NUTRIENT DENSE FOOD One bed we are testing soil and will be double digging and adding the needed nutrients and then intensively planting up. The other bed we will prepare and plant as we have always done and see what the results are. We will also do this to a bed in the Demonstration beds of the gardens that is fenced off.
It's going to be interesting, I do think we are going to have to do it for at least a year to get a true picture, maybe two years. But if it works and we get much higher brix readings of our plants we will move to doing this to the whole of the gardens.... A long time project then, but exciting to know we will be growing the healthiest food we know how. It's exciting as an old gardener to have a new challenge and learning more and more.
These are some of our winter veggies.
SEEDS are sitting on a hot pad and have sprung their little heads looking for the sun. If I let myself I can go into a panic with all that needs to get going now.
Planning We are planning for the year to come for workshops and what else needs to be finished like the prunning that didn't get done. Will we make it??? Of course we will and we will keep going at the pace we can cope with and the resourses we have and the people power. People are starting to turn up as the days get warmer. Well some of them are warmer but not today. Keep an eye on what workshops are coming in Spring and Summer.
NEW PROJECT We are preparing 2 beds in our Mandala for the project of growing NUTRIENT DENSE FOOD One bed we are testing soil and will be double digging and adding the needed nutrients and then intensively planting up. The other bed we will prepare and plant as we have always done and see what the results are. We will also do this to a bed in the Demonstration beds of the gardens that is fenced off.
It's going to be interesting, I do think we are going to have to do it for at least a year to get a true picture, maybe two years. But if it works and we get much higher brix readings of our plants we will move to doing this to the whole of the gardens.... A long time project then, but exciting to know we will be growing the healthiest food we know how. It's exciting as an old gardener to have a new challenge and learning more and more.