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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Salad plantings
Also on my March planting list were green salad leaves. All of my preferred green salad leaves are cut-and-come-again types; from a permaculture perspective, that’s a more productive use of the soil as you can keep harvesting throughout the season … Continue reading
Posted in the garden project
Tagged garden, gardening, growing things, lettuce, permaculture, polyculture, rocket, salad leaves, the garden project, vegetables
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Potatoes, babies, and tricycles
I decided to plan for a very low maintenance allotment this year, given that I also have a new garden and (rather more time-consumingly) a new baby to deal with. Over the winter, the main beds have almost all been … Continue reading
Posted in allotment, bikes, Uncategorized
Tagged allotment, bikes, cargo bikes, cycling, leon, permaculture, planning, potatoes
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Planting tomatoes for this year
It’s spring, so I’ve been doing a lot of planting in the garden. For once I actually have a month by month list, entered into my diary on a weekly basis, as the only way I’ll get things done on … Continue reading
Posted in growing things, the garden project
Tagged apple tree, gardening, growing things, the garden project, tomatoes
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From pallets to shed
I spent much of February slowly constructing a shed (more of a tool cupboard, really; our garden is very small) from deconstructed pallets. The first step was to measure up (my shed was 80cm x 60cm in footprint, and spade-height-plus-a-bit … Continue reading
Posted in permaculture, the garden project
Tagged building things, diy, garden, low-budget, making things, permaculture, the garden project
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Making things
Recently, I have been making things: The second one took a bit longer, and is kind of still under construction. Actually the shed is also still under construction, lacking as it does a door; it has however had front battens … Continue reading
Posted in the garden project
Tagged building things, diy, garden, leon, pallet construction, permaculture, shed
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