vital functions
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kaberettReading. A little more of The Silmarillion (JRRT), and a lot more getting sucked under by the Special Interest Quicksand.
Cooking. I have spent a lot of this week feeling kind of wretched and therefore not cooking much, but I did manage a new-to-us way to use up rhubarb and some courgette-and-tofu-and-garlic Stuff.
Eating. Curried cauliflower leaves courtesy of A; roti canai courtesy of the Roti Monarch (with A doing the last bits of cooking).
(I am happy to report that I am doing much better at this point.)
Creating. I have cheerfully worked out How To Usefully Record Allotment Stuff In My Main Journal, and so far am Pleased with the experiment of edging the relevant pages with (thematically appropriate) washi tape, for both visual effect when the notebook is open and ease-of-location.
Also, you will be shocked to hear, lots more experimenting with handwriting styles and stub nibs...
Making & mending. ... and I am pretty proud of myself for also carrying out some (minor!) nib tuning: out of the box the 1.1mm stub was skipping a lot, and after a certain amount of frustrated upset assuming that The Problem Was Me, I got out my hand lens (thanks, undergrad geology) and rummaged through the internet. The problem, I established by fixing it, was indeed nib-feed alignment. So not only do I now have a pen that Writes Acceptably, I have also Learned An Skill!
Growing. Weeding: a not-insubstantial chunk of the fruit cage (which needs reinstating, because the redcurrants are starting to ripen) and also about a third of one of the big beds. Also various bits of brambles and goosegrass and, at home, at least half of an elder bush (which means there's at least 80% of it remaining).
Sown direct: celery, lettuce, some leeks, some sweetcorn. Sown into modules or pots for starting indoors/under glass: more sweetcorn, another few quinoa, and some Sugar Magnolia.
Into the ground: half of the oca fromaldabra (via my mother's garden), belatedly, but on top of handfuls of lovely compost from the Hotbin.
I've moved the aubergines from home to the greenhouse, where they are perking up; the chillis are really enjoying the additional light and heat, having also been moved, but as yet there is nothing doing with the squash.
Over the course of the last week, the artichokes have gone from "tiny, visible only if you rummage through a lot of furled leaves" to "actually poking out at the top of stems, though still a little small for eating" -- I am looking forward to artichoke season being upon us!
The lovage has perked RIGHT up at being actually watered and also having one of those wool insulating sheets put down around it as mulch. The comedy onion is comedic. The Sugar Magnolia I sowed direct are trying to come up and are, I think, promptly getting eaten by slugs, but were sufficient proof of concept of my saved seeds that, as mentioned, I got another batch going at home.
Also at home, the next batch of basil has started to poke its head above ground, and the blueberries and strawberries and figs are all sturdily swelling up.
The lemon is quite possibly actually dead, alas, but I am working myself up to giving it a bit more TLC and we'll see if it decides it wants to keep going.
Observing. I think some swifts, on a trip back from the allotment; at one point, a wriggle of something that might have been afake snake slow worm, in the greenhouse; the mouse that probably lives under the decking; A Lot of bees; and some excellent beetles.
Cooking. I have spent a lot of this week feeling kind of wretched and therefore not cooking much, but I did manage a new-to-us way to use up rhubarb and some courgette-and-tofu-and-garlic Stuff.
Eating. Curried cauliflower leaves courtesy of A; roti canai courtesy of the Roti Monarch (with A doing the last bits of cooking).
(I am happy to report that I am doing much better at this point.)
Creating. I have cheerfully worked out How To Usefully Record Allotment Stuff In My Main Journal, and so far am Pleased with the experiment of edging the relevant pages with (thematically appropriate) washi tape, for both visual effect when the notebook is open and ease-of-location.
Also, you will be shocked to hear, lots more experimenting with handwriting styles and stub nibs...
Making & mending. ... and I am pretty proud of myself for also carrying out some (minor!) nib tuning: out of the box the 1.1mm stub was skipping a lot, and after a certain amount of frustrated upset assuming that The Problem Was Me, I got out my hand lens (thanks, undergrad geology) and rummaged through the internet. The problem, I established by fixing it, was indeed nib-feed alignment. So not only do I now have a pen that Writes Acceptably, I have also Learned An Skill!
Growing. Weeding: a not-insubstantial chunk of the fruit cage (which needs reinstating, because the redcurrants are starting to ripen) and also about a third of one of the big beds. Also various bits of brambles and goosegrass and, at home, at least half of an elder bush (which means there's at least 80% of it remaining).
Sown direct: celery, lettuce, some leeks, some sweetcorn. Sown into modules or pots for starting indoors/under glass: more sweetcorn, another few quinoa, and some Sugar Magnolia.
Into the ground: half of the oca from
aldabra (via my mother's garden), belatedly, but on top of handfuls of lovely compost from the Hotbin.I've moved the aubergines from home to the greenhouse, where they are perking up; the chillis are really enjoying the additional light and heat, having also been moved, but as yet there is nothing doing with the squash.
Over the course of the last week, the artichokes have gone from "tiny, visible only if you rummage through a lot of furled leaves" to "actually poking out at the top of stems, though still a little small for eating" -- I am looking forward to artichoke season being upon us!
The lovage has perked RIGHT up at being actually watered and also having one of those wool insulating sheets put down around it as mulch. The comedy onion is comedic. The Sugar Magnolia I sowed direct are trying to come up and are, I think, promptly getting eaten by slugs, but were sufficient proof of concept of my saved seeds that, as mentioned, I got another batch going at home.
Also at home, the next batch of basil has started to poke its head above ground, and the blueberries and strawberries and figs are all sturdily swelling up.
The lemon is quite possibly actually dead, alas, but I am working myself up to giving it a bit more TLC and we'll see if it decides it wants to keep going.
Observing. I think some swifts, on a trip back from the allotment; at one point, a wriggle of something that might have been a
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Date: 2021-06-13 10:50 pm (UTC)I think it's robust enough to post.
If so, e-mail me your address (aldabra at gmail).
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Date: 2021-06-20 09:12 pm (UTC)(I am sorry to hear that re eviction.)
E-mail incoming!
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Date: 2021-06-14 09:11 am (UTC)SO glad.
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