Better get growing!

@Fleura (30694)
United Kingdom
March 11, 2022 10:57am CST
It’s almost a month since I was last here and how the world has changed since then! And not in a good way either. When Harold Macmillan was the British Prime Minister in the late 1950s and 60s, he was asked what was the greatest challenge for a statesman. Allegedly he replied: 'Events, dear boy, events'. How true is that? I’m very glad not to have to be the one making decisions. As regular readers will know I’m generally busy in the garden, but now since everything at the moment seems to be going from bad to worse it seems more important than ever. I thought I’d better get on with trying to grow some food in case escalating fuel costs and lack of agricultural production for all kinds of awful reasons combine to cause widespread food shortages! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2022.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (138952)
• United States
12 Mar 22
You haven't put out a garden yet, have you? Snow in my yard today. Photo is mine.
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Fleur
@Fleura (30694)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 22
It's very spring-like here, growth is really getting going.
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Fleur
@Fleura (30694)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil It's a bit early for that sort of thing!
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Fleur
@Fleura (30694)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 22
@Fleura By the way have you tried eating local honey? Many people claim it has helped with their pollen allergies.
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youless
@youless (112670)
• Guangzhou, China
12 Mar 22
Your vegetables grow very well. I notice that they don't even have holes in the leaves, whereas the worms almost eat up my dad's vegetables. Would you tell me how you grow your vegetables so well?
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Fleur
@Fleura (30694)
• United Kingdom
13 Mar 22
Thanks, although it isn't always as good as it looks here. Later in the season I usually have problems with caterpillars eating all my cabbages, Brussels sprouts and the like. I've tried covering them with netting but that only works as long as the plants don't grow big enough to touch the net, otherwise the butterflies just lay their eggs through the net. Mainly I just squash the eggs and pick the caterpillars off by hand when I see them. Last year I grew nasturtiums in the veg patch and I'm not sure if that helped because I didn't seem to have such a problem as usual.
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youless
@youless (112670)
• Guangzhou, China
15 Mar 22
@Fleura I ever used the yellow sticky paper to stick the worms. You can see a lot of worms on it but somewhat the vegetables still will be eaten up most.
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Kareng
@kareng (64470)
• United States
11 Mar 22
Your garden has a great start! I just got my seed planted earlier this week.
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Kareng
@kareng (64470)
• United States
13 Mar 22
@Fleura I'm always behind! But doing better than last year!!
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Fleur
@Fleura (30694)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 22
I suddenly realised a little while ago that I was rather behind!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (343586)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Mar 22
Your vegies look really healthy. I'm glad we're so far away from much of the action but it's no insurance. Our fuel prices have gone up a huge amount and food is starting to follow.
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Fleur
@Fleura (30694)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 22
You think all's well with the world and then the situation can change in an instant.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (343586)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Mar 22
@Fleura So true. All those poor Ukrainians who suddenly don't have a future.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (94568)
• United States
11 Mar 22
I can barely grow a weed well, but I may start planting some food too and grow the damn things come hell or high water. lol We're all screwed.
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Fleur
@Fleura (30694)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 22
Some 'weeds' are good to eat!
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (94568)
• United States
15 Mar 22
@Fleura So some say, although I am not sure I have ever eaten any. That I know of.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
11 Mar 22
Good to see you. Glad you are safe. Good idea to have a garden. Take care.
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Fleur
@Fleura (30694)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 22
Thanks, I missed everyone but things have been busy. I always do grow vegetables but right now it seems more important than ever.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
12 Mar 22
@Fleura I do understand. Take care.
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Marlina
@marlina (154130)
• Canada
11 Mar 22
Are you planting potatoes and carrots?
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Fleur
@Fleura (30694)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 22
Still debating that. I haven't had much luck with carrots (clay soil too heavy and wet or too dry, depending on weather). Usually I grow just a few potatoes as they are so cheap to buy anyway, but maybe I'll reconsider.
DB
@dgobucks226 (35879)
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26 Mar 22
Good idea! Oil and gas are used in so many ways. Transportation of goods, for farming needs to help produce food, in clothing, home heating, and for our autos. Look what Limiting it's supply as a policy has done. Without a shift in direction inflation of goods and services will only continue. I'm hoping someone develops some common sense soon. In the meantime I'll be adding some additional crops to my garden this season.
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MrsJ
@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
11 Mar 22
I wish I had a bigger sunny spot for my garden. So far I haven't had a great deal of luck...too many big trees around here!
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Fleur
@Fleura (30694)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 22
Our neighbour has a row of enormous trees along the boundary. Basically most of our garden only gets sun from March to September. So the veg. patch could only go in one place if it was going to get enough sun to make it work.
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