Tag: l’orto

Tonight was dedicated to the sustainable protection of the gooseberry bush. I fixed one layer of netting so that the bush fit comfortably underneath and then set up my latest organic defence mechanism: humming lines! We’ll see if it works. On the subject of pests, I will also have to do another round of nematodes…

I had a look around about gooseberry and it does not seem to be the season to pick them, even though they seemed to be ‘blushing’ as some red appeared on the fruits. Maybe it’s an illness I wonder? Anyway, one website suggested to pick 10% of the fruits in May to encourage the rest…

… sowing and weeding, overall a pretty productive evening tonight. Having cleared the broadbean and onion beds, I filled in some empty space with the leftover onions: hopefully it’s not too late for them to grow. As one of those bonuses that nature often bestows on the amazed newby gardener, I got 8 unexpected garlic…

I spent most of the afternoon strimming with my shears: it seems incredible how lush the greeneries become all of a sudden, and for all of summer it’s firefighting to keep weeds at bay! Gave a thorough watering, then ran out of energies, so I have a long list of things left to do, with…

Finally back and the plot is as lush as could be… The newly transplanted celery seedlings have survived – seemingly without problem -10 days without rain: what a relief! And the self-blanching celery seeds I sowed late are out nonetheless! Aubergine, tomatoes and chillies had more problems: not many left outside, but luckily I still…

I have been away: what will I find when I finally manage to get back to the plot? Weather in my town has been forcasted as sunny and sunny and sunny… Transplanted seedlings might not be too happy with that. — Post From My iPhone

Crop updates, wildlife status … to transplant all the celery (3 evenings it took), most tomatoes, aubergines and chillies before my energies abandoned me on Sunday. The last time I saw them the transplanted seedlings were doing well, and cima di rapa was three days old. The grass is in a phase of amazing growth…