March at TAS video
Posted: Saturday 22 March, 2008
Messing around with my camera today I did a quick tour of what we're growing at the moment. It was very windy, so sorry for the rubbish sound at the start!
More of these to come, we'll work on the quality...
March at TAS from The Accidental Smallholder on Vimeo.
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Wanda
Hi there, Rosemary and Dan! We can see dirt under the trees now! YHEA! Of course, there is still a lot of areas with 2-3 feet of snow left.
So happy that Smokey is doing OK! We are on spring break now. Although our youngest is homeschooled; we still go by the vacation times.
We are having Easter at home tomorrow. We will have two of our kids here. That is neat.
Wanted to say, HAPPY EASTER to you both!
Andi Chapple
hi - please do continue with the video, it's a very good way to see what you're doing. thanks for this one ... and happy Easter. cheers, Andi
claire
garden looks fabulous but miss your trademark video hat....
Kimberley
Just wanted to add support to the video posts, great way of putting things into perspective, and cramming a lot of info in a small timeslot.
I'm interested as to why you plant in guttering? How do you plant it out?
We planted 23 natives out yesterday to line our driveway, long time to go until planting a veggie bed but I dare to dream. Have been looking into a Mandala system with chicken domes...have you heard of these? I'm a bit worried it'll be too cold where we are for the chickens..
Cheers,
Kimberley
Dan
Thanks for the thumbs up on the vids everyone, we'll defintely do more, more often.
@claire: it's getting a bit warm for my comedy hat, will try to find a spring alternative but if there's a cold snap I'll be sure to don it.
@Kimberley: we have had trouble with pea and bean weevil in the past so sowing into guttering let's us start peas and beans in the greenhouse, get them up to 4-6 inches then plant out easily. We found last year that although they still took a bit of a hit they were well enough developed to come away.
The lengths of guttering match the width of our raised beds, so to transplant we just make a shallow channel and slide the whole lot out - takes seconds.
Had never heard of the Mandala system before now, so can't comment I'm afraid. Looks interesting though.
Serena
Great video. Very inspiring stuff. Hope you get some good crops from all your hard work. Will be taking notes for the day we manage to get somewhere with a garden!
David
Like the way you support the guttering, so simple. I've used guttering for years to get peas started but never thought of using the brackets to make better use of the space.
Scooby
Yay... it's great to see how it's all going... wish I had some foties of how it was when you first moved in... I can't believe it's the same land!
Dan
@David: I made the frame last year after seeing Sarah Raven use guttering on tv.
@Sue: We have some photos somewhere, I'll dig them out and do a before and after page. :O)
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FactoBrunt
Saturday 22 March, 2008 at 6:00pm
Great stuff! :) As you say, shame about the sound at the start, I have no idea what you said. Still, it's great seeing what you're up to. It looks a beautiful smallholding.