Last week I planted two peach trees and a mulberry :
These trees were gifts to my landlord , who is also a friend of mine . We are renting so planting long - term tree diagram crops all over the land may seem like a waste but hey – life is short . Might as well improve the place we are engraft , whether or not we are the 1 who bask the ultimate fruit .
We were also successful in digging the trial run bed for our amendment trial :
12 5′ x 5′ beds . This week I ’ll pucker the amendment and get these planted , Lord willing .
As you may see to the upper left of the image above , the cover crop mix I plant is come up . Here is a closer view :
It is a spot chilly outside but not near freezing yet . I will institute the test layer with a few stale - season crop and see what happens . believably kale , pea , Brassica rapa , mustard and garlic , though kale might be good too if the frost does n’t take it out too tight .
Speaking of garlic , we also plant a 3′ x 25′ bed of garlic on Saturday . The bulbs were a natural endowment from our landlord – I differentiate you he was our friend ! – and we ’ll see how they so . There were some hardneck , some softneck , and some elephant ail . I ’ve heard softneck is the best for our area , so we ’ll see what happen .
In a few minutes I am leaving for Baldwin Seed and Feed with my friend Elizabeth to go pick up some more garlic to engraft . This fourth dimension it will be a assortment acknowledge to grow in this region . That ’s the case I will practice for my amendment run beds .
This is the arrangement I came up with for the trial , though it has not been implemented yet so there may be some tweaks :
This will be an interesting experiment . So much potential here – so much hope ! I ca n’t say you how nice it is to just be able to bribe the thing I desire to test . Back in Grenada bewilder even the simplest affair done was a job . Here I ’ve been able to buy slaked lime , kelp , Pisces plant food and other amendments with the click of a mouse . Whew . It ’s nice living in the first world again .
Over the weekend we also got our compost pile a little more loaded up , gathered rotted cow manure from a neighbor ’s field , fixed the big path die hard through the garden , burned another mint of biochar , charged a twosome bucket of char , filmed a video , had friends over , went mushroom-shaped cloud hunting , fed and watered the field of force harvest rows , embed some comfrey and enjoyed exit to Christian church .
The focus was on the last verses of Ephesians chapter 4 , and I ’ll impart you with those words . Have a great hebdomad – I ask to get ready to result for the provender store . After that , I am helping Elizabeth move and divide some banana clumps . The perfect day !
Ephesians 4:
25Therefore , redact away lying,“Leteach oneof youspeak truth with his neighbor,”for we are phallus of one another.26“Be raging , and do not drop the ball ” : do not let the Sunday go down on your wrath,27nor give place to the devil.28Let him who stole slip no longer , but rather allow him labour , working withhishands what is full , that he may have something to give him who has need.29Let no crooked give-and-take proceed out of your rima oris , but what is good for necessary sophistication , that it may impart seemliness to the hearers.30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God , by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.31Let all bitterness , ira , anger , clamor , and evil speaking be put aside from you , with all malice.32And be tolerant to one another , tenderhearted , forgiving one another , even as God in Christ forgave you .
