SPRING IS HERE!
And many pollinating insects start coming to the farm
Propagation
and watering are certainly the names of this month.
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| Goi watering in early March |
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| Goi watering at the end of March |
Next month I promise to put a picture of the biceps that I’m developing by loading 10 L of water on to each arm repeatedly in each day. At first, it was harder to load the water but now I like this work because I'm really getting strong.
March has brought crazy weather: there have been frosts, hail, rain, cold rain, lukewarm rain, warm rain, more rain and a few beautiful days with sun.
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| 1st polytunel |
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| 2nd polytunnel |
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| 3rd polytunnel |
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| 4th polytunnel |
What have we harvested?
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| Huge quantities of salads! |
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| Mild salad |
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| Washing corn salad |
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| salads |
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| Rocket salad |
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| Purple broccoli |
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| Hungry gap kale |
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| Pentland brig kale |
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| Red russian kale |
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| Black kale's tops |
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| Rainbow chard |
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| leeks |
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| Harvest delivery with tractor |
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| Goi delivering the herbs that we had forgotten on the farm |
What is growing?
In the fields are growing many types of plants...
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| Strawberries |
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| Leeks |
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| leeks |
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| Rhubarb |
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| Garlic |
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| Artichokes |
In the polytunels is growing...
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| Lots of onions, of course |
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| More onions |
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| Dill |
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| Tomatoes |
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| Coriander, turnips |
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| Mustard |
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| Chard |
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| Black peppermint |
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| Mint and peppermint |
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| Cabbage |
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| Vine |
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| Buckwheat for give nutrients into the soil |
What have we planted?
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| Several varieties of potatoes! |
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| Machine to open the soil |
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| Machine to open the soil |
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| Planting potatoes by hand |
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| Aleix sowing garlic in cells |
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| Garlic |
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| Beans |
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| Sowing beans |
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| Working in teams for sow beans |
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| Working in teams for sow beans |
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| Warm bed with compost working |
What jobs have there been on the farm?
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| Move the horses from the field to the stable |
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| Raquel and Pat riding Misty and Shadow |
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| Goi and Pat riding the horses |
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| Pat training the horses |
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| training Coco and Buddy |
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| Pat training Shadow before to work in the field |
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| Making doors for the new polytunnel |
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| Propagation polytunnel with new doors |
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| Pat preparing the soil for the next crops |
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| "Mulching" in the fruits crops |
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| In the trenches we put horses' residues covered with straw to provide nutrients to future vegetables |
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| We are going to walk on the straw to expedite the decomposition process |
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| Pat and Aleix collecting all the big stones |
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| We went to Templemore |
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| We remove the polytunnel frame |
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| Was interesting place |
What have we do in our free time?
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| Some lambs have been born on other farms around |
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| Cows and calves at the next farm |
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| European goldfinches at Ena's garden |
