Looking back over the year a lot of water has gone under the proverbial bridge. This time last year I was also chopping and dropping, mulching and preparing the place for a spring explosion. The more I do this, the happier I am to realise I’m getting more in tune with the cycles of life. Something I intuitively know is a result of personal experience, despite my usual preference for book learning and research.
With all the chopping and dropping the bush turkey has had more than the usual reason to visit, and he extended his daily routine to the Galaxy Garden for the first time. Mercury and Mars, freshly top dressed with compost, became partially excavated. Happy to say this doesn’t look like it has significantly affected the carrot seeds in Mars, but has got me thinking about hoops and netting. Something I was really hoping to avoid if possible.
The sun is approaching it’s lowest arc in the sky and the temperature has noticeably dropped in the last week or so. It is not a time of explosive life – neither the weeds, or the veggies – and everything has slowed down. I can see that planting two trays a fortnight for April and early May would mean all the beds are packed full and OK to slowly mature through the coldest time of the year. Trying to start seedlings now is hard work – as I found out through July 2024 when the spuds took quite a while to sprout.
I’m also approaching the time when I need to take stock of all those learnings and reconfigure the plan to account for my newfound experience and wisdom. Throughout the year I’ve kept adding to a list of things I need to look at again which I hope makes the job a lot easier!
Harvesting the daikon radish in this episode has reminded me to try out my daikon/carrot kraut which has been fermenting on the kitchen bench for two or three weeks. Hopefully this is a great way of enjoying the 15 or so other daikon radishes that are almost mature. Have to remember to put that in the next video.
Well, looking forward to a few clear starry nights by the fire and a Solstice celebration next weekend. Happy growing!
