Nature Lost Vault

 

I found a facebook page called Nature Lost Vault, a channel dedicated to rediscovering the forgotten powers of the natural world. They explore ancient growing methods, rare plants with hidden uses, and the ecological secrets that once shaped human survival. It's well worth a visit and book marking. 

Finally Some Rain

 

It's was a noise I have not heard for a couple of months, rain falling and car tyres on wet roads. In the afternoon I picked up more apples an continued to fill up bed 4.

  

The Storm And Rain Didn't Happen

The anticipated storm and rain expected over night and early this morning didn't happen not even spots of rain on top of the cars. So I ended up watering in the seeds I planted yesterday in bed 2 first thing. No rain at the moment.

Appointment at the hospital, and I'm on blood thinners for another 3 months, Leg ulcers dressed late afternoon.

Rains Forecast Get Bed 2 Sown

 
Weather Forecast for the next two weeks

Additional scaffold boards laid over bed 5 to stop the fox, cat or squirrel digging in the bed

Bed 1, Dwarf French Beans getting bigger every day

Left side of Bed 1

Right side of Bed 1

Pak Choi Red and Pak Choi White Stem sown to the front left of the worm tower

Turnip Milan White and Turnip Millan Purple sown front right of the worm tower

Kohlrabi Delicacy White & Kohlrabi Delicacy Purple sown at the back right of the worm tower. Radish Winter Watermelon Red Meat two rows to the right of the worm tower. Dwarf French Beans to the left of the worm tower

 

Somethings had a dig, could have been a cat or squirrel, but no poop visible. I really need those hoops from the allotment.

Salad cuttings and water melon added to Bed 1 Worm Tower

Three rows of Different Radish, Golden Beetroot, Red Beetroot and three of the four French Beans in Bed 1

Three rows of Different Radish, Golden Beetroot, Red Beetroot and three of the four French Beans in Bed 1

Emma And Andy Help Get The Raised Bed Frames Made

 

Andy and Emma worked so hard to tidy the back garden up and to get the rest of the raised beds scaffold boards cut and screwed together this morning.

View of the Back Garden Allotment from the Space Saver Greenhouse

View of the Back Garden Allotment from the Kitchen door

View of the Back Garden Allotment from the Patio decking

Kelly, Emma, Digby & Andy went for a walk this afternoon at Nonsuch Park looking for a Gruffalo for Digby The Gruffalo photobombed them again

My two Disney Princesses who keep me on the straight and narrow.

Bed 5 Topped Up To The First Scaffold Board

Bed 5 filled with apples around the stacked timber decking and covered in all the sawdust I had left.

View from the rear bedroom window, stepping stones along the back uncovered. More dropped apples overnight added to the raised beds.

Once the nurse has been to dress my leg and foot and if the pain is not too bad I may pop out to the back alley to pick up the apples that have dropped out there and complete filling bed 4 with apples.

My Daughter & Son-In-Law Lend A Hand

Daughter Emma and Son-In-Law Andy & Grandson Digby Elvis came early this morning to help get Kelly back from dropping her car off at the garage, so she could borrow my car to get to work. They also hit the ivy and brambles in front of the sheds and picked up all the apples off the paths leading to the back gate and the two sheds.

View towards raised beds 1 - 3

Photos after Andy & Emma had worked their magic

Photos after Andy & Emma had worked their magic, so nice to see it how it should be, any brambles showing will get blasted with weed killer

Emma worked on filling the timber decking with sawdust in Bed 4 and filling around both Bed 4 & 5 with apples.

Worm Tower in bed 1 filled with salad cuttings from lunch

Dwarf French Beans in bed 1

Dwarf French Beans in bed 1

Dwarf French Beans in bed 1

Beetroots either side of the Worm Tower in bed 1

Continuing To Fill Bed 5

 
Today I was back on filling Bed 5 with timber decking tiles and infilling with the bag of sawdust I got of freecycle 

Stack, Fill and repeat... 

Stack Fill and repeat

Stack Fill and Repeat and I'm nearly at the top of the lower raised bed scaffolding board. 

Tomorrow weather permitting, there is a chance of rain! 

Yep I know I will believe it when and if it happens. I will be collecting as many apples as possible and filling the gap between the decking tiles and the scaffolding boards. 

Filling Beds 4 to 6

 

I had a Eureka moment, after filling the dustbin with apples and still 100's of the things stopping me from getting to my sheds, why not put them in the raised beds and let them rot down in the beds. I can't get to any woodchips at the moment and it will solve a couple of problems. 

Being acidic I have lined the bottom of the scaffold frame with additional cardboard  

I have a bag of sawdust that I got off Freecycle that I'm using to full the voids in the stacked timber decking tiles. 

Decking Tiles filled with sawdust 

Watered to consolidate and expose the frame of the last tile to stack the next rile on. 

Bed 1 watered and seedling and a few weeds popping up

The two rows of Radishes and doing rather well 

Boltardy Beetroots germinating and seedling leaves showing 

Bed` French Dwarf Beans 

Bed 2 French Dwarf Beans