shiukopuppy's Blog

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I've been very busy lately! I started by planting the rue and feverfew in a portable planter so that I can keep it in the chicken coop as needed. I also have to move it under cover at night because the possums nibbled them. we received the chicken forage seeds that we ordered by mail: pigeon pea, lablab and linseed. I'm still waiting for my wormwood cuttings to take root so that I can landscape the chickens' area. I've been giving them lettuce and Asian greens, but I think that these plants will be better for them.

Garlic is sprouting up which is exciting - it's my first time growing garlic. Today I transplanted a baby pumpkin plant called 'Gold Nugget.' My peas are covered in flowers and I saw some pea pods peeping out between the petals. Yay! Above is my partner's quince bonsai in flower.

I bought lots of roma tomatoes to make sun dried and semi dried tomatoes later in the summer. Today I realized today that I had forgotten to plant lettuce! So I planted mixed chicory, mixed Italian lettuce, cos, mignonette, mizuna, mesclun, radicchio, a red and green salad mix and plain old lettuce for my chooks.