Light Maintenance
- Birds: Blue Tit, Barn Swallow, Little Owl - Cut down wildside privit (?) - Weeded around remaining borovinki - Took out last 5 errant garlic
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After 3.5 Months Away
- The Boy's first visit. - Cat remembered us - Concrete crumbling away on garage - Blossom almost ready on plum & pear trees - Inside: - New growth on Ivy Geranium - Treasure Flower dead - Begonia looks dead - Aloe Vera browning but new growth at bottom - Chives dead - Basil dead - Peace Lily dead - Geranium & Pelargonium possibly dead - Wildside: - Snowdrops just finished - Purple crocuses up (2) - Tulips coming - Dwarf Elder (?) at bottom - Lawnside: - No roses - Primrose bed disappointing - Indian Blanket looks dead - Succulents & Delosperma overrun - Orange Day Lilies coming up at top - Veggie Patch: - Rocket & Broccoli dead - Nettles dead - Spinach coming up - Spring Garlic coming up - Herb garden overrun - Strawberries overrun - Borovinki dead ...
Reclaiming Veggie Patch
- Weeding of all barnside rows & surrounds - Status update: - Courgette & curly kale - Turnip, beetroot & carrot - Broccoli, mangold & lettuce - Valeriana, rocket & spinach - Garlic & spring onion - Clipped all bolts - Weeded & dug over more of pepper planting area - All balcony pots ready to be planted - Planted Treasure Flower in windowbox - Cat's fake beard
Taking First Garlic & Planting Root Vegetables
- Peak cherry blossom - Pear blossom out - More tulips - Adding coffee grounds to borovinki - Taking first garlic - Liberating well-rotted manure Planting: - Carrot (1 row, barn side) - Beetroot (1 row, barn side) - Turnip (1 row, barn side)