Dancing with a hoe: August 2022

Tuesday 30 August 2022

Caught in the act ...

It took ten years of garden cultivation to create this image, A moment later it was gone.

Out of the box, winning the peace.We wish you were here...

Tamarillo,(tomato tree); Refusing to die, coming back stronger than ever.

Cabbage nd Cosmo.

Good Morning...

Tuesday 23 August 2022

Monday 22 August 2022

It’s Happening

Man-made drought...Cooling earth... indications of early Autumn weather.

Don't wait for October before planting out next year's garlic crop. Maximise rising humidity held in the growing surface by deep mulching. Cinder grey,"sunny skies" indicate the need for early planting. Garlic needs deep roots and well established leaf if is to survive the possibility of frost.

Garlic cloves as big as hens' eggs. escape being devoured this season. Early planting for these maximising exposure to sunshine. Due to be harvested October next year. It should produce enormous results. Tiny perfectly formed garlic bulblets and regular softnecked and hardnecked bulbs will all be planted in a common bed. Magnesium Sulphate (Epsom salts) is a worthy supplement, a frequent deficiency in over worked soil. We have tiny clumps of randomly planted garlic scattered about the garden., leftovers from previous plantings. Usually the weediest of several regular plantings, year by year. No way to accurately make comparisons nor collect intelligence that would objectively serve our practical permanent progress. We are both looking forward to becoming minor domestic, "garlic experts" The learning curve looks like being a tasty lesson.

Salvaged , bulblets to giant cloves, will be added to our regular seasons planting stock. I hope you enjoy my published "garlic journey" over the coming year. We aren't doing this for fun, but its fun.

Wednesday 10 August 2022

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The first of the Summer gleanings is transfered immediately into our Winter store. Optional is the enjoyment of the cultivation, the continual learning,the cooking and the feasting not to forget the benefit to our fiscal economy and the assurance of domestic food security. Peace of mind, contained and preserved.

Be Prepared.

Tomatoes rendering down for sauce.

Basil, Oregano, Thyme and Garlic.

Sea salt and freshly ground pepper, Cumin, Bay leaf and Onion.

The first of the season's Aubergines, salted then washed to draw out bitterness.

Keeping it moving. Lightly.

More fresh tomatoes and Courgettes and more herbs.

Still firm, yet to be blanched in jars. It's looking and smelling good.

Crushed Apple is added to the homemade tomato ketchup.

Job Done....

Now for the smoothie... Fresh young Carrots a few young beetroot thinnings, Apple , Cucumber, Ginger and Banana. It's Frothy Man. All stuff the Doctors would have prescribed, if they had taken more interest. Due diligence personal research and self help seems to have become my only option. Food for Life.

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Sunday 7 August 2022

Tuesday 2 August 2022

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Good Morning Sunshine...

Anne-Sophie siezes the moment

Sunflower greets the day...

We couldn't eat twenty eggs in one sitting.

Pickled eggs, hot and spicey. We'll save these for winter.

Cabbage, a long way from hearting up.I don't mind waiting. Indian Marigolds peep out from leafy shade.

They are slow to emerge, I'm determined to see a shock of white bean flower before the autumn is done.

Cucumber.... Salads and smoothies I reckon.

Butternut Squash... Spreading fast.

Tomatoes and chillis getting ready for the sauce, the beans are waiting.

Beans means, a good bee's been busy...

When it's hot, we walk in the shade.

Figs. I will be topping the tree this autumn. and reducing the leaders to increase the size of the figs and make harvesting the fruit easier.

Nigella... Blackseed ready for harvest. We will cut them close to the ground,the seed pods placed heads down in a paper carrier bag. More on this later.

Juice from the pickled beetroot recycled to pickle eggs. Worth a try, good result.; A beautiful sprig of basil , home grown tomatoes. MMMmm!

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"My melodies are songs without words, none vocal narrative. Folk have rushed by for years and barely glimpsed the tune. A few hang around and listen for a while, but the street has many distractions. My back is no longer against the wall,this is the first chance I've had in eleven years to unravel my tunes, at present encrypted into a whole tangle of technique excercises. You've missed some wondrous epic sessions sad that most often I was the only person,mortal at least, to hear them.
Eight hours a day playing in the icy chill of city streets through several winters alters the character of your technique to some how transcend the harsh discomforts and "make some good of the day".
MUSIC IZ A MIGHTY MAGIC! The first cathartic offerings were created hastily in a frantic effort to master the production.It's all past time , I make music for the moment the occassion, a kind of relativity fix. A divine conspiracy, a benign heresy. The line of least probability may offer opportunity of greater possibility.
Enjoy my primitive efforts. Plain song busking,"strictly kitchen ". The music of the heart bridges the ambiguity of fumbling words,overcomes cultural barriers. Music like God is personal none vocal meaning in the voice of the unspeakable word. The "You know what I mean nostalgia " space ,whether we've done the daring deed or not, where the mind might put on clean socks and start afresh. Familiar phrasing from our collective vocal tradition triggers epic vision, emotional empathy, mathematical poetry, sympathetic reveries create lifelines to the greater mind. In all styles, in all languages the flute and drum resist the restrictive dogmatic control of state or temple."