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House/Garden Update
Jun. 3rd, 2013 12:33 pmBasement Progress
Days 3-4: No work over the weekend.
Day 5: Shortening the legs on the oil tank then putting it up on blocks (so when the tank gets replaced someday, the legs aren't stuck in the foundation cement), building forms for the pourings, and unblocking one of the windows so they can get the cement into the basement.
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I'd stopped trimming the tree next to the south side of the house because of a robin nest. Today a fledgling was sitting on the ground. Hopefully it figures out how to get back up there; probably just needs to rest those brandy new wings a bit first.
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Moved the tomatoes into pots after I finally had time to check the companion planting chart and see that brassicas and tomatoes should not be together. Happily leafy greens seem to be compatible with pretty much everything, so kale, swiss chard, romaine, and red leaf lettuce are co-existing in two beds, along with a few onions, basil and marigolds. The chard and the basil are new additions today, the rest was in last week.
Also planted today, Hubbard and Sweet Dumpling winter squashes. They're too close to each other for pure seed harvest, but that's a luxury we don't have this year.
Also put in three clumps of Valerian and a bunch of Jerusalem Artichokes/Sunchokes, where we were clearing by the lilacs a few days ago. The Comfrey is going gangbusters -- my hope is all of these useful but competitive plants will help keep each other in check. I do plan on cutting down a little of the comfrey today or tomorrow and using it for mulch, as they're blooming and I don't want them all to seed this year.
If I can manage it, I'll clear some ground this afternoon and plant a few more things. But that may have to wait, since I have a whole bunch of baby turmeric starts to deal with, that really shouldn't all hang out in shallow trays of coconut coir for the next two weeks. Not happy that a lot of my herbs have to wait until nearly the end of June to go into the ground, but hopefully the most critical stuff will be done by Wednesday morning.
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Also have some dried stinging nettles to process, and then put together a package of stuff to mail to my mom's place -- some stuff for her and some for me. No, I am Not going to bring a back of dried leaf greens onto a plane...
Days 3-4: No work over the weekend.
Day 5: Shortening the legs on the oil tank then putting it up on blocks (so when the tank gets replaced someday, the legs aren't stuck in the foundation cement), building forms for the pourings, and unblocking one of the windows so they can get the cement into the basement.
***
I'd stopped trimming the tree next to the south side of the house because of a robin nest. Today a fledgling was sitting on the ground. Hopefully it figures out how to get back up there; probably just needs to rest those brandy new wings a bit first.
***
Moved the tomatoes into pots after I finally had time to check the companion planting chart and see that brassicas and tomatoes should not be together. Happily leafy greens seem to be compatible with pretty much everything, so kale, swiss chard, romaine, and red leaf lettuce are co-existing in two beds, along with a few onions, basil and marigolds. The chard and the basil are new additions today, the rest was in last week.
Also planted today, Hubbard and Sweet Dumpling winter squashes. They're too close to each other for pure seed harvest, but that's a luxury we don't have this year.
Also put in three clumps of Valerian and a bunch of Jerusalem Artichokes/Sunchokes, where we were clearing by the lilacs a few days ago. The Comfrey is going gangbusters -- my hope is all of these useful but competitive plants will help keep each other in check. I do plan on cutting down a little of the comfrey today or tomorrow and using it for mulch, as they're blooming and I don't want them all to seed this year.
If I can manage it, I'll clear some ground this afternoon and plant a few more things. But that may have to wait, since I have a whole bunch of baby turmeric starts to deal with, that really shouldn't all hang out in shallow trays of coconut coir for the next two weeks. Not happy that a lot of my herbs have to wait until nearly the end of June to go into the ground, but hopefully the most critical stuff will be done by Wednesday morning.
***
Also have some dried stinging nettles to process, and then put together a package of stuff to mail to my mom's place -- some stuff for her and some for me. No, I am Not going to bring a back of dried leaf greens onto a plane...
