This week we started mixing our comfrey solution with water - one jam jar of comfrey into one full watering can. This makes a great food for our fruiting plants. Before we tipped the jar into the watering can however, we had to check carefully to make sure we didn't have water beetles in it!
The beetles are living in the bucket of comfrey solution so we wanted to leave them there!
The solution is high in phosphorous which is great for flowers and ripening fruit...
...like our pumpkins...
...and runner beans which are now producing lots of long pods.
Danielle and Dale both took some home to cook for tea.
We also started "mulching" our herbaceous border. This means we weeded between the plants then spread a deep layer of rotted bark over the soil. This will prevent weeds growing as it cuts out their light and also in time will be taken down into the soil by worms to improve its structure.
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