Adventures in a small garden - August 2021

New growing site update….well it’s looking alot greener than a few weeks ago! I have continued to work on the soil, I have added some blood, fish and bone and some top soil, I found an abandoned compost bin so I have also started to make soil. Nothing has died except 1 viola…the passion flower has taken really well and we have harvested courgettes I’m not sure if we will get tomatos but they are fruiting. The pumpkins and squash that were already here are amazing, we are going to have a fantastic harvest off those. The brassica are doing well despite continued attacks from the cabbage whites! I’ve started preparing a couple more beds for some autumn planting and there are lots of dandelions popping up and helping condition the soil, there is also lots of plantain so I obviously need to make some salve with them and it also means we can kick start the wild grain project that got shelved a while ago. I’ve also been focusing on getting some berry bushes which will go in the front garden, so far I have got a couple of blackcurrants. The little Nettle plant seems to have taken ok…I’m very happy about that!

We are continuing to lift and rearrange the many bricks, we are planning to build a little bbq if we have enough left. Next plan will be to get some undercover growing space ready for next spring.