This update has been in progress for nearly two weeks as I couldn’t block out the time needed to get it done. Increasing work commitments during the week have meant a whole raft of chores are behind the eight ball. A reminder that a veggie garden is not just for Christmas, but a whole way of life.
I spend a lot of time thinking about the renting out of our time and skills for paid labour, and the fact that pretty much every job we do or anything we purchase for money also destroys the planet somewhere directly or indirectly. How to get back to gifting locally and slowing down to the point where we just don’t need so much stuff?
The weather has been excellent for growing with almost daily showers and sunny spells. It hasn’t escaped my notice that watering the garden would have been impossible with everything else I’ve been doing.
We are getting stuck right into the pumpkins and need to work on combining them in the kitchen with leafy greens and various flavours. Peas are coming on, garlic also, and the tray of seedlings from mid April was fantastic – although you will have to take my word for it because I was in such a rush I didn’t even take a photo of it.
Happy growing and see you in June.
