Imbolc 2020 aka Candlemas or Groundhog Day - Transplanted Garlic
Imbolc 2020 early February is a Gaelic traditional festival marking the beginning of spring.
Welcome to the first blog for Lucky Farm at Mitchell Bay on Malcolm Island, British Columbia on unceded Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations territory. After a decade of becoming self-sufficient in fruit and vegetables on a half acre village lot on Texada Island, we are beginning our adventure on 10 acres to produce a surplus!
During Sointula's Winterfest in late November we transplanted 103 bulbs of hard neck garlic that we originally planted at our old place in late September 2019. The garlic has been fertilized with seasoned horse manure and has a temporary deer fence around it. Surrounding the fence, cardboard has been laid down to compost the grasses and begin the annual vegetable gardens in the one acre cleared field. The soil is good, well-drained, but rocky. Grasses have been planted by the previous owner. We will practice no-till gardening by laying down cardboard to create beds and adding manure, compost, and other organic matter. This method reduces the labour of tilling and removing rocks, while maintaining soil structure and aeration essential for worms, microbes, insects to create high fertility.
We will continue posting during the seasonal festivals of the Keltic calendar.
Welcome to the first blog for Lucky Farm at Mitchell Bay on Malcolm Island, British Columbia on unceded Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations territory. After a decade of becoming self-sufficient in fruit and vegetables on a half acre village lot on Texada Island, we are beginning our adventure on 10 acres to produce a surplus!
During Sointula's Winterfest in late November we transplanted 103 bulbs of hard neck garlic that we originally planted at our old place in late September 2019. The garlic has been fertilized with seasoned horse manure and has a temporary deer fence around it. Surrounding the fence, cardboard has been laid down to compost the grasses and begin the annual vegetable gardens in the one acre cleared field. The soil is good, well-drained, but rocky. Grasses have been planted by the previous owner. We will practice no-till gardening by laying down cardboard to create beds and adding manure, compost, and other organic matter. This method reduces the labour of tilling and removing rocks, while maintaining soil structure and aeration essential for worms, microbes, insects to create high fertility.
We will continue posting during the seasonal festivals of the Keltic calendar.
I certainly wish I was one of your neighbours to take advantage of your "surplus" - great adventure you have embarked on.
ReplyDeleteKen Johnson