They have hit the ground running,newly broken fallow ground is already showing promise. The initial planting is directly ino the ground. The soil is fertile and unpolluted. This season the bedds look a little flat. By each passing seaon's cultivation the beds will rise. No need for boxes of bought compost and degrading lumber.
Healthy wholesome labour in a benign well oxygenated environment, ensures no one will go hungry . Our civic responsibility to take the initiative. Who else would know what to do with it?
Potatoes are showing on their ridges. Dry grass clippings mulch the gullies in between. As the plants grow, more grass, keeping the moisture where it's needed most.
Onions already showing three inches of green, they are near ready to be straw mulched.
I saved a bag of good schallots from last year's crop. We will make do with the small ones till our maincrop onions are ripe. Anne-Sophie is planting out the big ones, still firm, they kept well. They prefer a longer season, we will likely harvest them late autumn to compensate for time lost. Carrots will be sown beteen the schallot rows. Alternate rows of beetroot and Haricot beans are next.
I will keep you posted.
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