Garden Journal Weekly 31st August 2022
Welcome one and all to another highlight of some of our many wonderful gardening and homesteading posts on the Hive blockchain. I tentatively started writing an update on my own garden and quickly realised just how much it's been neglected, so I've been drowning my sorrows looking at some much better ones instead.
I'm always impressed, but a little ashamed whenever I see @blingit's updates on the garden overhaul. I just can't seem to find the time for my garden lately and this amazing lady seems to have everything covered. Maybe I'm just getting too old and slow. sigh. Lots has been happening in this urban garden, from strange weather to a rather sad event. Yet those planters are still looking just stunning!
@luckylaica is also causing me a little envy with her abundant harvests, but I'm a little sad to read that the land she's been using to grow all this goodness is soon going to be taken back by the owner.
This is just a short post from @laschilcas, but an interesting one nevertheless, on moving the compost heap into the chicken run. My own chickens do a lot of composting for me to, but I've always been cautious as to what I throw in for them and compost possibly toxic things separately. So I've often wondered about the safety of chickens having access to a none selective compost heap.
I apologise for cutting this a bit shorter than I normally would, but I hope you agree what a great post this is to finish on. @steven-patrick has brought us something of everything to highlight the joys a garden can bring. We've got wildlife, delicious harvests and delicious foods!
Thank you for joining me with this garden and homestead tour. This week beneficiaries will go to each of the highlighted authors.
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Thank you for the kind words 🙏 and anytime time spent in the garden in time well spent. Get back out there 😆
Thank you for the moral story and encouragement. 😁
I never miss a day doing something in the garden, unfortunately it's just not been enough time to make much of an impact. Always love being out there, unless the weather is trying to kill me. 😆
Thanks so much for including my post! I'm glad you liked it.
It was good to read about a personal experience with chicken composting.
Thanks for the inclusion... I'm sure i spend too much time just starting at it not getting anything done. At least i dont have to water much today as it rained over night. Still have to get the seedlings and some of the pots that don't let much water in during rain as there are too many leaves.
Can't wait for the spring plants to start producing!!!!!
have a good, relaxing day
Blingit
I forget about those that shelter their roots too well with leaves. That could be annother reason why I'm not very successful with potted plants. 🤔
Yes some of my pots are fine... but my celery the water can't get to the roots. often the soil is bone dry after rain... something to consider to be sure. I need to check them even after rain.
Thanks for the updates, I feel as if I missed out a lot this week probably in readiness for the business of the first week of Sep and the #gardenjournal posts! I'll try to catch them up, and at the same time hope for one from you this month! xx
I might actually get something in for this month's journal. Compulsory attendance of boring dole activities has actually giving me lots of writing time. 😁 I just need to make sure I've got the pictures to go with the updates. Not much pretty stuff to show, though.
I think the negatives are just as important to share as the good stuff. Ugh, dole things.
Sorry to hear about Blue.
I would be used to the chicken life and death cycle, but losing favourites never rashly gets easier. I always wonder if there was more I could have done.
Not old! The reality is that some people just have green fingers and others ..... well have very dirty hands from their rather fruitless efforts because it just doesn't come naturally. I love the garden but I am certainly gifted in other areas. Well done on highlighting the really spectacular gardeners
Haha, yes, dirty hands is about my best reward!
Thank you for dropping by and looking in on the highlights.
As is always your way, you have included some great posts in this months highlights.
Enjoyed them and learned a few things along the way.
Very sad that @luckylaica may be losing the land she has put so much effort into.
Have a wonderful weekend my friend.
Thank you for dropping by and checking them out.
It is sad that she will lose it as she's done so well with it. I wish I could invite her to use my garden, it could use some of that TLC!
Wow, that's great to hear that you will allow me to do that @minismallholding. If you were just near I would never decline it anyway 😄.
I wish you were here! 😭 😆
Hahaha. How I wish I can fly 🦋.
Thank you very much for appreciating. It would be really sad because I also worked hard to develop that space. We actually have our own land to grow it and I shared that here too. I already ploughed it but because of the damages during the height of the typhoon, seawater has entered the area so it is not good to pursue my plan to plant there. Since I do have the seedlings already I ask permission for that land to use for a while and now I have to give it back to them because they're gonna used for a purpose.