
Twelve hours in the chair today – I need to figure out the shape of a story from top to bottom. Outside is lovely, and I have many things to attend to out there, but today needs to be spent at the keyboard.
Also to do today. A couple of Xmases back, I got bought an Idoo hydroponic propagator, and the current batch in there – Zitava pepper, crystal lemon cucumber and Romano pepper — needs to come out today. The three pods on the far right are Little Gem lettuce, and they stay in there and get harvested as needed right out of the machine. Little Gem is a Romaine lettuce, which means it has actual protein and nutrients in it. They grow in little coconut coir pods, which you can buy cheap online and cut to size. The Idoo-brand hydroponic feed is expensive, but any good one will do, and I save a bunch of money by using this one, to great effect.
Garden day. The humidity is disgusting. But I have berries — gave the first strawberry and raspberry to my partner while she was home for a day. These, however, are going to be mine all mine. As will the blueberries that seem to be emerging. Cheapo fruit netting arriving later today.
Came across this article today while skimming my feeds – some things you can do if you’re sick of social media – and then went outside as planned, and now I’m eating a quick lunch before planting.
Gave up on trying to grow rosemary from seed for a while, got sick of never having rosemary to hand, so I ordered some plants, and of course they turned up today when I’m racing to get stuff done in the office