Il faut cultiver notre jardin – Voltaire

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Nolli

Ce bon vieillard me paraît s’être fait un sort bien préférable à celui des six rois avec qui nous avons eu l’honneur de souper.

Toute la petite société entra dans ce louable dessein ; chacun se mit à exercer ses talents. La petite terre rapporta beaucoup.

car, quand l’homme fut mis dans le jardin d’Éden, il y fut mis ut operaretur eum, pour qu’il travaillât, ce qui prouve que l’homme n’est pas né pour le repos.

Cela est bien dit, répondit Candide, mais il faut cultiver notre jardin.

‘You’ll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind.’ #2

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Nolli

Planted:

Castanea sativa (Sweet chestnut)

Apple trees:

Soft Fruit:

Constructed:

Windbreak netting
Composting bin

Timperley early

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Nolli

Make a raised bed

Prepare the soil

Double dig the soil and remove stones, roots and weeds

Get two wheelbarrow loads of sand and grit for drainage

Rhubarb likes well drained soil so mix in the sand thoroughly

Plant the rhubarb crowns so the tips are just above the soil

Rhubarb prefers a sunny site and should not be harvested in the first year. Three crowns should be enough to feed a family. Once mature the crowns can be split to provide new healthy plants.

‘Timperley Early’ is one of the earliest varieties to mature, producing pink-red stems streaked with green. It’s ideal for forcing to provide tender pink stems as early as February. If left to grow naturally, ‘Temperley Early’ is ready to harvest from March.

RED Gardens – New page

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Nolli

These photos were taken in July 2019 in Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

RED Gardens Project, (Research Education and Development) consists of 6 family scale gardens each one 100m2 (1000sqf) and following a different methodology, or approach to growing vegetables. There is also a larger Black Plot, of about 1000m2 (1/4 acre) which is exploring issues and possibilities of an intermediate scale growing space.