manure
I asked a friend for his trailer to pick up horse manure.
Last year, I traded some garlic and a pumkin for the permission to pick up said manure.
Last week, I finally got it all done.
shroom
80% sure this is the magic kind of mushroom.
As it goes with mushrooms: 80% might as well mean 0%.
Worth a picture, though.
pile of poop
This pile of poop will secure next year's potato harvest. And some.
Chippy
I finally got the chipper back running.
Only took like a month.
What I've learned:
- Don't ever buy a cheap chipper from China. Especially not second-hand.
The clutch, the belt... even the bearings are all proprietary.
I could get a new belt for 8€, if it was the standard A x 13mm belt. But it is 12mm for no reason, other than obsolescence.
The company does not even exist anymore.
Anyways, I fixed it - hope the clutch does not burn out quickly...
uninvited guests
I've always had trouble with rabbits.
This year, a deer must have got into the garden to chew the bark off of my newly planted berry shrubs. Made me angry.
fix
I hope I found the spot it used to get through the hedge.
I drove 2 sticks in and hope that blocks its way.
random updates
raspberry
Raspberry patch is looking nice.
Notice all those woodchips? I made those. With my machine.
grapevine
This is the first time, ever, I had a system when pruning this thing.
It looks good for now - I hope the mildew does not get to it again.
voluntary garlic
In another post, I wrote about some voluntary garlic in the spot, where I had garlic last year.
looking good
There are some nice bulbs forming now.
Still more than a month before harvest - looks very promising
regular garlic
This is the garlic, I planted last October.
I am a bit behind on the weeding, but it was so dry it made it near impossible.
Sweet woodruff
For some reason this woodruff came back.
Maybe that's a german thing, but we use it to flavour stuff.
It was gone for years, but for some reason popped up again.
I am very pleased with that.
finally: rain
After April was extremely dry, we finally had some rain.
I was worried about my harvest and nature in general.
This rain was such a relief.
'Ist der Mai kühl und nass, füllt’s dem Bauern Scheun’ und Fass.'
German farmer proverb.
Basically: If there's rain in may - good harvest.
happy plants
Look at that vigour:
more rain
I have the day off, but it's raining.
I am not complaining, but I can't do much in the garden today.
At least, I finally had the time to make a post.
What do you flavor with the sweet woodruff?
Jelly
and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_wine
And some Soda flavour, too.
Cool!
How do you handle the smell? Hope it isn't so bad?
Horse manure is pretty mild, when it comes to poop smell.
Also, the garden is remote, there are no neighbours.
Finally you beat your chipper and it works, congratulations!
Ohh in 2024 mildew was real head achke for me, but in 2025 all was ok. Hope 2026 will also be good!
In my location, the only question is: when?
The gooseberry is already covered in it.