I really needed more dirt. Dirt can turn humble seeds into wonderful food--with the intervention of a bit of sunlight and some rain, of course. But we all get the sunshine and the rain. Not everyone has dirt. I have pretty much maxed out the food production in
my own garden, so it was only a matter of time before I branched out, so to speak.
My neighbours have some lovely dirt at the top of their cliff. I got them at a weak moment at a birthday party last weekend, and I'm now the proud gardener of their dirt. They get half the produce. Sounds like a fine arrangement for me. I only got their permission to plant a winter crop of spuds; but it didn't quite turn out that way. Hopefully they won't notice.
First thing was to clear out all the leftovers from last summer. There are a lot of tomato seeds in that soil, so hopefully we'll have a local population established before too long.
Then I put up some mesh for the peas and beans that I'll sow in the shed and plant out in a few weeks. Add a few plants from the garden store, and some transplanted from my garden: onions, pak choi, lettuce, coriander, fennel, spinach, radish... they should all do well in the cool.
The soil is dark and crumbly, full of worms. The best kind. I'm sure when the potatoes are sprouted and planted, they'll just love it up here.
The garden universe is expanding. There are yards full of wonderful dirt up and down this street. Where it will end?
How fantastically neighbourly you are, I bet they are really happy to have you create an edible garden for them. I give heaps of our vegetables away to neighbours because we can't ever eat as much as I grow but that's half the fun.
ReplyDeleteIt's all a bit self-serving (self-sowing?)really... expanding my growing territory and giving the neighbours an extreme garden make-over at the same time. There is probably potential for stealth take-overs here in town. So much un-used land, so many seeds.
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