OBSERVATIONS:
Getting colder, down to early 20s. More damp weather,
CHOOKS:
Hamyuu is doing okay, she and Kerry both get an extra 'shot' of nutritional liquid. Kerry is no longer laying soft-shells, but she's still tiny.
COMPOST:
Slowly sieving compost. There's a bunch of tree roots in the compost and I don't know where they're coming from. I also don't know how to keep them out in future.Perhaps use the corflutes on the base in future?
PREPARING:
Chook tractor is on the PLUM-STONE bed, with a lot of autumn trimmings in it, and some shredded wood. I need to add more chook manures, and basically turn the space into a giant compost pile, if possible.
SEEDING:
Heirloom seedlings, another attempt now that the weather is better?
PLANTING OUT:
Got all the BEETROOT planted out (see bit on BRASSICA plantings), all the (bought) SPRING ONION, some of the GARLIC, and most of one punnet of BROCCOLI.(Aurora F1)
Still have another punnet of BROCCOLI (Aurora F1)
HARVEST:
FEEDING/SPRAYING:
Sprayed the ROSE BUSH and the DUAL STONE with some lime sulphur. Need to read up on what trees can take it – might need to give the APPLES a go? Probably the DONUT PEACH. I can't remember about the APRICOT.
PRUNING:
I probably need to do some more careful trimming on the trees.
THOUGHTS:
re: using tractor to make compost
why not make the compost in the tractor? That is, let the chooks in to start with, then dump the manures, the trimmings, the clippings, the wood, the paper the everything in there and let it sit for a while, then allow the chooks to scratch it all up. I've been relying on the chooks to do more work than they're used to doing.
TREELINES
along front of house, facing west
GRAPE, KUMQUAT, PASSIONFRUIT, HOPS
also ROSELLA and maybe COFFEE bush
along chicken yard, facing north
LYCHEE, APRICOT
under jacaranda
WHITE SAPOTE, BLACK SAPOTE, ICE CREAM BEAN
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