There aren't many fascinating planting tasks going on right now in our garden. We are there almost every day with @fotostef and come back home exhausted, but the main work has to do with the fence and the paths. And of course mulching and how to make this rocky infertile place a dreamy colorful garden full of life.
The whole field is in levels, made decades ago, because the cliff is quite steep, so we made some stairs and paths to make it easier to go from one level to the other, seven levels in total.
Looking at this photo and dreaming of how this place can be in a few years.
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The other main task is to reinforce the fence as the animals of the area already became curious and started digging underneath managing to enter in at least twice.
The one thing that is truly abundant in this field is ROCKS. In the last two photos below you can see how the ground is when we start working with it, before creating raised beds etc...
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A quick look at the herbs we planted on January. Luckily they are doing well. Lemon balm, marjoram and rosemary.
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We have left ALL the wild plants that are between the levels and at the sides of the beds (if they were any!).
Helichrysum starts blooming and the thyme has new leaves. And you can bet we have anemones as well :)
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We also have some beautiful corners with wild herbs thriving together!
In order to maximize the use of space and take advantage of all the effort we have already done, a few days ago we planted onions between the rosemary. Just before the rain!
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After the hard work, the reward is always a nice picnic and relaxation under the olive trees.
Back home, the first seedlings are growing.
Cucumbers (xylaggoura), cherry tomatoes, bok choy and pumpkins. I have shown them to you recently, so I will skip the photos this time.
I have to try again with the peppers, seems there is a problem with the seeds of last year. Hopefully not! They are local small peppers that are super juicy and tasty and perfectly adapted to the climate.
Let's take a look at the new arrivals! The parsley is ready to be transplanted. So is the samphire that I want to experiment with and see if it can grow here. The garden is not by the sea, but not very far either.
And we have some extra herbs and many more will come soon!
From left to right: yarrow - Achillea millefolium, another kind of thyme than the wild one we already have, that I want to see how it will be and St. John's wort - Hypericum perforatum.
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I don't know if it is only because we are getting very tired at the field, but our energy levels are really low, so we thought we tried some microgreens. Here is mizuna, Japanese mustard greens.
Since @buckaroobaby recently shared a post about microgreens and a post about wild life in their place, here is the monster we have to deal with and keep out of the fence. The biggest carnivore animal on Crete: arkalus, the Cretan badger, and @buckaroobaby you can laugh as much as you want :)
source- The title is hilarious
I would like to invite @sjarvie5 for a garden update and @dora381 for an update on her indoors beautiful project for the #gardenjournal March challenge.
@becominghuman are you in?
All photos are mine, apart from those that I am in, so they are taken by my fellow farmer @fotostef.
Beautiful plant connections and abundant crops to all gardeners!
