What have you done today in the Garden?

It opens a need in me to re-read Beowulf, in today's fractured English. I love the "ould" English. I still spell some words as the British spell them. Saviour. Honour.
Daddy used several words from the early English and Irish. His may have been from the lower class / we know the very proper British held to the class system and possibly do yet?

Our gardens haven't had a hard frost yet. I believe the beans might be producing had we not taken them out.

 

I harvested some basil and tomatoes from the tomato house yesterday. Today, I harvested leeks, Rucola , lettuce, parsley and carrots.

 

Picked enough Parsley for a pot of soup.

 

Toni, does he use a mulching mower / machine on the leaves ?
The only thing I do in the garden now is burying peelings, etc.

 

Toni sorry you have wrenched your knee badly. I hope it heals without sequeia.

 

Huglekultur ! Hmmmmm, I must google that one, but I suspect it's some type of compost building ?

 

ordered and planted up 80 raspberries and 10 blueberry plants. the raspberries were little plants so that was easy. the blueberries were 1 gallon pots... wow, the box was heavy.

 

Hügel means hill or mound in English.

 

Toni, I've read about hugelkultur....I think on this site. Sounds interesting. I guess the tree trunks as they slowly rot hold moisture well so it is good for dry climates?

Carolyn, what a great idea to plant raspberries & blueberries!

Growingpains, do you bury your kitchen vegetable waste directly in your garden during the fall? Winter? Spring? Does it turn to compost buy planting time?

 

Today, I transplanted horseradish and we cut back lots of perennials that had died back for the winter. I made a tunnel and planted lettuce seeds. I transplanted some strawberries and lettuces. I cut up an oak that had fallen in the wind the other day. I kept the 6 meter long trunk complete. Over the years, I have cut enough wood and hopefully I build my cabin this winter.

 

Toni, brilliant !

Carolyn, I see lots of berries in your future. I love both, but Blue berries would be my favorite.
Odif, I'm excited just thinking of you building a cabin from logs you have saved. Twice in my childhood I lived in log cabins.

Cayuga, yes, we bury the peelings all year unless the ground freezes, in which case, we keep them in a huge pail, outside, until thaw. They are mostly decomposed by Spring, but the bit that isn't gets finely chopped and buried deeper.