Back to Basics Week 2

I think I am a bit tardy in posting week 2 but here goes anyway.

Sowing and Planting:

Sowing

• tomatoes- lots of varieties
• chillies- paprika, tepin, habanero, jalapeno, black pearl, tabasco, siam
• capsicum
• eggplant- rosita, udumalapet, Thai green, black bounty
• rosella
• tomatillo
• globe artichokes

Planting

• 3 silver birch trees
• 2 black currants
• 1 thornless blackberry
• 1 raspberry- Digger's gold
• 1 blueberry-O'Neil
• 1 jostaberry
• 10 heritage apple trees- Beauty of Bath, Bramley's Seedling, Improved Foxwhelp, Sugar Loaf Pippin, Pomme de Neige' Irish Peach, Geeveston Fanny, Lord Lambourne, Worcester Permain, Keswick Codlin

Harvesting:

Broccoli, asparagus, snow peas,herbs, cauliflower, lettuce, flowers.

Planning for the future:

Organising our holiday. Planning accommodation and pet and livestock care.

Working for the future:

• weeded the orchard
• mowing
• bought paint for house exterior (when the weather is fine again)

New Skill:

Patience when navigating the confusing world of booking holiday accommodation.

Tracy