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I was very surprised that the veggie garden handled the total neglect over those 5 days so well. Including a day over 40C. The strawberries were slightly non-plussed 😣 but revived.

The first task after arriving home late arvo was a deep water for the veg garden, and to pick produce for dinner. More picking today - so many chillies have ripened! More dehydrating for them.

Thursday Things

My winter indoor garden really helps cheer and 'ground' (!) me. We get dwarf Bok Choy, mustards, arugula and mini lettuces to supplement our salads of raw local red and green cabbage, carrots, apples and home baked beans Just seeing the growth and tending to the seedlings and growing plants, then snipping the leaves when they're ready helps defeat the winter blues. I have to try to pace the sowings so that the harvests don't all come at once.

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@Pollinators This is its second winter in situ and the worm box is still going strong. The thick leaf covering has insulated it well in our mild winter.

I’ll sieve the contents first. The castings added to some home made compost, perlite and some coconut coir or leaf mould made good soil blocks last year.

I’ll use some castings in an extract for inoculating seeds with. With direct sown seeds I’ll add some castings to the seed drills. #HomeGrown #GardenAmendments #Wormcast

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Menu, in the end, thank you to all the suggestions! Starters- Greek dolmades with lots of herbs in the filling, Sourdough bruschetta with cherry toms and basil. Homegrown olives. Mains of fresh pasta with pesto, button squash, tromboncini, cherry toms, leek. Parmesan for on top. Sourdough garlic bread, Greek salad based on cucumber and green beans. Dessert of rhubarb and gudgin crumble with homemade vanilla icecream. Almost all #FromTheGarden, #homegrown #retrosuburbia #permaculture #locavore