Thursday, May 24, 2007

Wet weather bringing out the slugs!

 
Potatoes getting eaten - I think by slugs or maybe pigeons; so finally got some blue pellets and srepad them about. Highly non-organic. Likewise most things in fact -- beetroot all gone, original carrots about half eaten.

Creosoted (creosote substitute in fact) some of the newly cut bits of wood in prearation for making some new boxes.

Not much else happening!

Sunday, May 13, 2007

End of dry April with a very wet May

 
Covered the squashes with a fleece layer rather than the plastic polytunnels things. Should let a bit of water through and not be as hot if it's sunny. However it hasn't been sunny -- lots of rain this week, especially this weekend. The photo is from last weekend.

Had covered up my "piles" of composting menure-straw mix, but removed some covers so the forecast rain can soak in a bit rather than just run off.

Started cutting up remaining wood from last years work on the house - will make some more boxes, probably to go at back, at about 5' by 5'.