http://princessmouse.wordpress.com green stuff and general hippydom Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:38:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 1. Plant – planted more salad leaves (italian mix and extra rocket), oregano, parsley, beetroot (mainly to finish off the packet – might be lucky and get a winter crop), also planted the top of a pineapple in the hope it might grow. Planted out my biggest melon plant into ... http://princessmouse.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/independence-days-update-end-of-july/ I started another blog here : www.shrublayersandclimaxvegetation.wordpress.com Bit of a mouthful but I couldn't think of a name and I took the phrase from the page of a permaculture book I was reading at the time. The new blog is just to chart my allotment progress really, mainly for the sake ... http://princessmouse.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/the-other-blog/ I’ve been lazy, well with writing blogs and stuff. Well I was at Glastonbury, then have been nursing some of my dead plants back to life. And I noticed that part of the Independence Days Challenge stuff I’d written down was wrong. In there somewhere is supposed to be ‘learn ... http://princessmouse.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/independence-days-update/ Glastonbury was great. Lots of lovely shiny things. Some good talks and good fun times. I will update on it when I am fully recovered as right now I can barely sit up straight from being so tired! http://princessmouse.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/glastonbury/ 1. Plant – I planted some mint, and planted out of pots and into the allotment, more squashes, more garlic, more sunflowers. 2. Harvest – harvested nothing! Haven’t had anything to harvest. We tried to harvest potatoes but they weren’t quite ready yet. Which was a shame. 3. Preserve – ... http://princessmouse.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/middle-of-june/ 1. Plant – actually nothing for the long term, but I have sprouted alfalfa and sunflower seeds this week. Oh! And planted out a squash plant, lavender plant and sunflowers into the allotment. 2. Harvest – again – nothing! Me = lazy3. Preserve – we are in negative reserves ... http://princessmouse.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/this-week/ I found a great site (well my friend told me about it), called www.43things.com It's a goal setting site (no matter how big or small) and you publish your goals and other people cheer you on, or give advice, that sort of thing. Pretty inspirational, and fun. And it has been ... http://princessmouse.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/43-things/ In a crazy turnaround of events, we may be moving to Plymouth. That's miles away! It would be for a good business opportunity and we should have decided in a couple of weeks. Although the move will probably not be until September-ish. However, a large downside for me (other than ... http://princessmouse.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/all-change/ I found this and just thought it was awesome: (taken from Sharon Astyk's blog - Casaubon's book) "I challenge myself and all of you to work on creating food Independence Days this year - that all of us try to do one thing every day to create Food Independence. ... http://princessmouse.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/34/ It has been absolutely beautiful weather here for the last week, the only downside being that there hasn't been a single drop of rain so the plants have had a tendency to get rather frazzled. Also the weeds love the sunshine and have choked half my poor peas to death ... http://princessmouse.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/raw-food-saves-gas/