10/10/2026
This past week’s work, in addition to potting up heirloom tomatoes, was w**ding the onions, garlic, and shallots along with the kumara and potato beds. I’ve got seed potatoes chitting in the garage and kumara tipu starting to grow. They get planted around Labour weekend provided the frosts have moved on. We’ve been feeding the beds, the kumara bed also gets wood ash from the fire. I planted the onions, garlic and shallots in May with some daggy wool scraps as mulch. It was an experiment. I have found that while the dags sprouted w**ds, they’ve kept the soil moist and easy to w**d. So I pulled most of them off with the w**ds since onions and garlic like dry weather as they grow. The crop is looking good. Red and Pukekohe Long Keeper onions, red shallots, and a few different types of garlic.The netting is to deter the feral pheasants that lurk in the bush and come out to eat anything and everything. Mike has already nabbed one caught in the netting which I think ended up as dinner one night! I’m just glad this job is done, for now. Three trailers full.
