Gardening and Kungfu

[helwen]

L and I have been working on recovering the strawberry beds -- not easy because they got taken over by weeds last summer, what with the rain and all. The strawberries have multiplied in spite of that, but usually I end up digging everything out of a spot, sorting the strawberries out by hand, and then re-planting them.

L recovered a good bit of the west end of the garden yesterday, and so we managed to plant some corn. We also planted some wax beans at the east end yesterday.

All but one of the potatoes came up, so not bad out of 22 plantings. Peas are starting to come up too. The seed package for that recommended planting the same area every two weeks until it gets too warm to do that... I don't have a lot of seeds, but I'll be doing a second planting this week as I have enough for that. The first lot are coming up, yay!

And I'll go through the seeds and see what else I want to plant today....


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Kungfu class went pretty well yesterday. We learned a new section of the southern staff form, doing blossoms and then going into pubu and slapping the staff down. My 'hurricane knees' still isn't very good, but about the best these knees are going to do, at least for now. Happily my stomach muscles seem to be mostly recovered from being sick, for which I'm very grateful.

I still take ibuprofen before each class -- I've only forgotten a couple of times, and boy is that not a good idea. But I've been needing to take more after class less and less often, and icing isn't so critical now either, so overall I'd say I've made some improvement health-wise. Yesterday I did some extra ibuprofen, but then I'd been digging in the garden two days in a row, plus planting and sowing and such, and that's a pretty intense workout too.

Hm.... a nice soak in the tub might be in order later today... especially since I need be more diligent about daily practice. L and I will be testing for white sash on May 30 and I'm still not feeling completely confident about a number of things.

Meanwhile, need to empty some stuff out of the car and start getting ready for the weekend, as we'll be going to War of the Roses. *sigh* I enjoy going there and being with folks, but between that, the exam, and then our own local Sommer Draw event, L and I will be missing the first three weekends of the farmers market. So no events after that until Pennsic.

Comments

[gardengirl6.livejournal.com]

I had a strawberry patch overgrown with violets, and my method was much like what you're describing, except I moved them to a different bed. This year the violets came back up in the former site, and I pulled them out and fed them to the rabbits. Now there are potatoes in that bed, which are looking all leafy and lovely - but the violets aren't gone, and I don't want to tread on the spuds. Oh well. Safe travels this weekend, and have a great time!

[helwen.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of moving some to a new bed but we have corn there now :D

We have violets, some dandelions and a lot of grass of the type that has roots that go sideways under the ground. And creeping charlie.

Violets like to snap on the stem, leaving the rhizome (?) behind.... all it takes is one :( Still, I have hopes!

[gardengirl6.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you're right about the violets, but at least the rabbits like to eat them! Dandelions, too, actually :)

[helwen.livejournal.com]

LOL So really, they aren't weeds, they're free food ;)

[gardengirl6.livejournal.com]

Yes and no - they ARE a plant growing where I don't want it, but as I weed them, I repurpose them as bunny snax. Dandelions are genuine food, though - I had a delish dandelion salad at a friend's house last weekend.