I've been thinking alot about banning A.I thumbnails from the Hive GArden and wondering if that was too harsh. I mean, I'm not even the most militant rule enforcer anyway, so don't stress too hard. Yet - what I have been thinking alot about is why we need A.I thumbnails anyway. We're not Youtube. Shouldn't your cover image and heading hint at the content of your post, like the good old days? Aren't we all fed up and tired of thumbnails shouting at us and providing us with false promises? And Hive Gardeners, aren't we just here for the gardens?
Anyway, in other garden news..
I am eating a lot of onion top omelettes at the moment. Why? Because I have a heap of red onions coming out the garden and the chikcens are laying. Whisk two eggs, fry a handful of onion tops, and voila. Snack, breakfast, secondes. When I dropped the neighbours off a couple of onions, tops and all, she said what do I do with them, as if it was a mystery. Have people never eaten onion tops before?
Wait til she hears about my leek, red onion and spring onion potato pasties...
Im not very good at growing leeks and onions - the ground either dries out too early and they go to seed before fully formed, I dont plant them early enough, or maybe the soil isn't up to scratch. My garlic crop was reasonable - half small, half okay size. Not as good as when I was at the last place, so I suspect I have to add more organic matter in earnest. It's not that I'm not trying!
I'm getting low on greens at the moment, though I still have silverbeet. I could have filled a freezer with it really. Alot of it went to chooks. It's gone to seed now and I'll let it plant itself, same with coriander and lettuce.
Kale is doing well in the raised beds, even with the moths. I'll have to net soon. Planted some beans - climbers, dwarves in the raised beds.
Oh and that nigella I planted? White.
Still waiting for the poppies...
The Vietnamese mint is doing great in an accidental wicking system - a pot in a bucket where there ends up a water reservoir at the bottom. It likes wet feet, so happy days. This is my 'mint' section of the garden - peppermint, mint, lovage, lemon balm, vietnamese mint - they all like the dappled light and a water when I water the chooks.
The borage went mad so I've cut it back a lot and put the excess on the beds where the fruit trees are where I've been adding lots of organic matter - big leaves, comfrey, straw, manure, seaweed. It's like a composting system I suppose. I've done the same with raised beds - dug trenches and laid in garden clippings and leaves etc. The worms are going mad and the composting trenches provide water and nutrients to the plants. I think even the triffids love it.
We lost the massive grevillea on the boundary - gutted. It keeled over in a wind. The wattle birds are certainly sad about it, but they're noisy fuckers so they can find somewhere else to caw and squawk.
Spent ages yesterday hauling seaweed off the beach to mulch teh veggies, and covered it all with straw - it's getting hot in that garden on the warmer days. Too knackered for update photos.
Hope your gardens are growing well, and you're happy to show them off without the A.I thumbnails. If you're writing about a garden, show off your most amazing plant in the thumbnail and write me an enticing heading. Can't wait to read it x
