Saturday 30 July 2022

Wednesday 27 July 2022

Climate Crisis Wednesday

Tuesday 19 July 2022

NO FARM SUBSIDIES=NO FOOD CRISIS. Domestic Horticulture over Commercial Agriculture ...

 A bucket of Haricots vert it's the second of such piles. The last batch rendered six large jars of preserved stick beans. First job is topping and tailing, washing and blanching. Preserved simply in salt water.  We'll get to eat our fill of freshly picked haricot, we give away the excess to our needs. A practice that shows,less risk and greater benefit to our local domestic economy than  the excercise of a profiteering commercial interest.


I. Wazir thinking, "A campaign to make Domestic Science and Home Economics, compulsory core subjects  in all schools, it"s not a gender issue, we all need it young or old." The benefits would be huge. What do you think? Talk about the prospect with your friends....

Witches Butter,  a fungus oozing out of our old chopping block.

Twenty Pickled Eggs , the hens are being generous. at present. These will go well with winter salad when the birds are less productive. I will look into other methods of preservation,, needs must as we can't eat the eggs as fast as they are being laid.

Our "Smudge" ... the Garden Sentinel. On his hind legs to get a better view.
 

The cavalry got here just in time. Plenty more good stuff on the way.

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Sunday 17 July 2022

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 Pathogenic commercial compromise. Local prosperity reliant on Big Pharma's toxic additives, herbicides, fungicide, N.P.K. fertilisers and pesticides. Debt ridden farms grateful for the subsidised assistance and encouragement into cash dependancy,Avoidance of transitionary learning towards a more durable local agrarian economy but fearing the economic ravages of possible centralised government plans for a Draconian reset, hang on desperately to their negative equity. "Better the Devil we know","Let's hope the muddle sorts itself out, before we are all reposessed, bancrupt or nationalised..!"The land has become a drug dependant junky. The image view from Le Breil is I don't doubt one which many farmers worldwide would be happyto have  outside their door.Sad to say, it's an unsustainable economic and ecologic reality. The Law of Diminishing returns...Plus Tax.


 Pretty to look at though, innit?
We won't be trusting our homeland food security to be mismanaged  by government administration.Handing one's life support to an outside body, beyond one's personal control is fraught with greater risk to health and domestic economy. Gradually repairing an over exploited soil. Little of the mineral fines remained over use of tractor caused much to be  washed away, building a micro "grow zone", permaculture. Hope springing forth from the marginal fringe. We are happier if we avoid participatng in the popular "crisis culture", cultivating our own generic failsafe response at home where the investment of our labour and learning, will pay the greatest sustainable long term dividend.

Chayot, missile like, soars above the runner beans, , flowers and bulbous hanging fruit soon to appear.


Mullein towering skyward.Newly planted leeks, mulched with hay and straw. Minimising moisture loss and protecting roots from exess heat  The tops of the leeks are cut off to reduce transpiration whilst the roots are establishing.


Hmm...

Nearly ready...

Garlic flower and Beans galore.

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Saturday 16 July 2022

Thursday 14 July 2022

Hard Times - Tommy Fleming

Monday 11 July 2022

Peace... Quietude... Tranquility. Accommodating our ever expanding Hope.

 A shady patch at the South West corner of the field has lain fallow for the past few years.  Shelter from sun and wind  at last. Beechwood hedge and Hazels,a couple of rescued mature Boxwood architectural shrubs.  plum trees and White currant adorns the space just off picture to the left.


 Space enough for a tiny cabin or a caravan, and a covered working deck leading to the roundy house foundation.Anne-Sophie cleared the space while I wasn't looking. I'm forever grateful that she did. We are working on the Future for the Present, soon to be joining forces with the as yet unmanifest vision of what the Round House folly was to become. Building a transitionary route to the best of all positive futures  and living "Happily ever After", with the resultant opportunities.(Chance would be a fine thing...)



Keeping cool is the rule...


Purple Basil and Indian Marigolds.


 Melons..Small handfuls of luscious sweet  juicy goodness now attempts to expandacross the tunnel. Mind where you stand.


Our Tomato season starts here.  Growing well amongst Indian Marigolds and Basil.
Aubergine...


Cassis,(Blackcurrants); A nice stand of maiden bushes establishing in Marie Therese's potager, grown from cuttings, (Bouterage), care of daughter Anne-Sophie.


 I'll leave it at that for now Flower.


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Sunday 10 July 2022

Earth Rising...Plantscaping.

 Colour and form,strangeness and charm.A delight for all senses to behold.We establish a life supporting permaculture in preparation for overcoming all forseeble adversity in a poste colonial, poste industrial transition to a more equitable sustainable civilisation. It's time to knock our swords into ploughshares, learn ,perhaps, how to befriend one's neighbours, and get on with the pressing common duty of feeding and caring for each other


Caught in the act of beautifying a passing moment.



This Kale patch is developing fast.. Several other successive plantings are dotted around in diverse locations to avoid pests.



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