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Written by Tree
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Thursday, 26 March 2009 07:31 |
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Last Friday after our small but beautiful workday I was about to leave to go home. I noticed that one of the red chards was been crowded by the fava beans so I decided to chop and drop the favas according to permaculture terminology (in other words I cut the fava beans down that were crowding out the chard). Then I discovered small lettuces hiding in the favas that I didn't realize were there. So I proceed to do more cutting and harvested a bag full of lettuce for the Free Farm Stand. I was truly amazed because I thought that the experiment of planting on these berms of wood chip mulch was pretty much a bust (though we did but some soil and compost in each hole that we put a seedling in). To some extent things have been growing rather slowly compared to some of my other gardens. And a lot of the small seedlings didn't grow (the lettuce lawn didn't work either). But I was really happy to get the lettuce and will probably harvest more on Saturday. I must admit I have not been a total believer in our methods here on the hill, but I am starting change my views on things. Last night I went to the PDC (permaculture design course) and I am also getting a better idea of what permaculture is about. I also learned that it is ok to be a bit "woo woo" (did I spell that right?). I will never get comfortable with that word though, it is just not a friendly word imho.
Some updates: We have three potato towers up (if they have fallen ovver yet like one almost did last Saturday). Friday I hope to plant one more and to plant more vegetables (starting at 10am). My blog has a slideshow of the potato tower building and more details of our workday.
The PDC class is coming to the garden nw on Saturdays and they did some sheet mulching. I was only there for a short time last Saturday so I can't report much more on what happened .
Oh a lot of the trees are budding out though some seem dormant and even comatose. I am sending them my vibes to wake up!
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