I was intending to join in with the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, but the birds didn't
want to join us on the wet, dreary day so I'll have to give it a miss this
year - of course the robin, blackbirds and magpies were there, but not enough to hang around for an extra hour to do the counting :-(
We've had a week with two excuses for celebrations. Last night we celebrated the Chinese new year of the Rooster - that little Buddha was bought for us in Malaysia and has blessed us with green fingers (apparently) so he's always a welcome addition to a celebration. Earlier in the week was Burn's Night, with a delicious Stahly vegetarian haggis - really, if you see one in a shop you must buy it! So tasty!
The plot looks unloved so it was good to do quite a bit of tidying and most importantly our garlic is planted!
Much of the chard that's left is a soggy mess, I always sow afresh each year. These pink stems were gleaming out through the greyness of the day so I picked a few of those lovely fresh new leaves. I may add them to my carrot soup, if they aren't too bitter.
We pulled all the weeds, topped it off with last year's potato bags and added a bit of manure. That looks better doesn't it? (Jamie's raking, not mine obviously)
We've now got 30 cloves of Cristo softneck
garlic. I really wanted hardneck, but am just glad it's in at last! We surrounded each clove with some organic onion fertiliser - shouldn't take long for the rain to soak that in.
Much of the chard that's left is a soggy mess, I always sow afresh each year. These pink stems were gleaming out through the greyness of the day so I picked a few of those lovely fresh new leaves. I may add them to my carrot soup, if they aren't too bitter.
Today's song is provided by Bob Marley - "don't worry about a thing".
We didn"'t do too badly with our count. Results coming up later. I guess Jamie will have been licking a puddle!
ReplyDeleteHaha - yes, the soup was all for me :-)
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