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Commenced:
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01/01/1995 |
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Submitted:
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24/05/2012 |
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Last updated:
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15/10/2021 |
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Location:
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Clogher, Kilfenora, Co. Clare, IE |
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Climate zone:
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Cool Temperate |
(projects i'm involved in)
Project: Sailchearnach
Posted by Ute Bohnsack almost 12 years ago
One month ago, in this update I described how we set up a new polytunnel on a piece of grassland, used a bunch of cockerels to clear and manure the ground, and what all was planted in it. There was no digging involved, no soil amendments except for a pound or so of woodash, no compost applications, and so far hardly any weeding. The only "weeds" coming up are lots of wheat that the cockerels must have overlooked (all the stuff that looks like grass) and some mustard seeds that seem to have come with the feed wheat.
I have since added a few left-over tomato plants from the other polytunnel, planted straight into half-rotted goat dung in bags, wire baskets and hanging baskets I had sitting around.
One months progress (still haven't gotten around to building the keyhole bed in the center):
Corner by corner:
I have started harvesting some herbs, birthday flowers, and chard leaves and the first golden courgettes should be ready in a week or so. The beans are beginning to wind their way up the sweetcorn stalks and the pumpkins are spreading out and have set their first little fruit. It smells lovely with the Nicotiana and Sacred Basil and it's buzzing with insects - hoverflies in particular who love the flowering Umbellifers (dill and cilantro). This morning I was delighed to see that our bees have discovered the borage.
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