Chores Before The Spring

The weather is not improving quickly enough, but none-the-less certain jobs have to be done.
Some paths segments had to be straightened and all the path’s edges had to be cleaned. Here are a few segments of path:






There were some toms on the windowsill that could go in the greenhouse. First all the leaves except the very top had to be clipped off.


A horizontal trench was dug, and the tall, naked tom was laid to rest, and watered-in.


The stems and rootball was covered with their pot used for watering. A twig was lain upon the soil to mark where the stem is for feeding purposes later on. You can see that I leave only a couple of leaves and they are curled up against the stick which they will grow up.


Then finally, the bean patch had to have the winter mulch raked away, the surface schoffeled and then raked fine with a claw rake.


That soil is beautiful and looks like soil oughtta look. Once the soil was prepared, up went the wigwams.




I really feel like I am ready for spring now...just another coupla weeks, then in go the bean plantlets and we’re off !

 

With all those flowers and the vegetables,,,just how big is your plot ?

 

Hi Mart— it is 263 square meters.

 

I like the look of your bean teepees with the pole along the top for stability and the skinny wood walkway, perfect for picking the beans, right? Great system.

 

Thanks so much, Cayu. Yes, the planks are for walking on to set up the wigwams and to use for weeding and harvesting. You are right.
That soil was min-tilled and raked to a fine tilth in order to receive the bean plants in a couple of weeks. If I use planks the soil will compact less than if I would walk on the plain ground.
Oh, and you are also right about the stability bamboo’s. We get some hard summer winds at least twice during the growing season.

 

It's looking good @Sjoerd I like the idea of the tomatoes, I've got 12 plants but they'll be going in pots.

 

I guess there's a reason you all have so many windmills.

 

You are right Cayu. Those huge old mills had many purposes— of course they were primarily used to move low-lying water out of the land and out to sea, making the land farmable or fit for building on. But their uses did not stop there, they were used for grinding seeds to make flour, making paint, sawing wood, making mustard, making paper, and to remove the hulls off grains, and later rice.
So you can see that they were essential for our well-being as well as economy.

 

That's something that I've learned, I thought that it was just flour that they made.

 

Logan, that's one of the cool things about this site, you get to hear about life at an individual, everyday level from people elsewhere.

 

That's great.

 

I always love those meandering pathways and forget-me-nots in your garden Sjoerd.
Your garden looks great as always! So glad spring is here

 

Thanks for those comments Netty.
I am so glad spring is coming too. It has been delayed for so long that it has me chomping at the bit to get on with it. We had a quite warn day today...tomorrow the weather goes back to the coldness. The forecast is good enough to press on though.