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[pensnest]

I did the cardio/toning class on Monday, and ventured back to Tough Yoga yesterday morning. I did everything (mostly on easy mode, but hey), and after lunch I was so exhausted I fell asleep.

My arms and inner thighs are still muttering at me, but today, I did useful work in the garden for a couple of hours. Something—I assume very hungry caterpillars—having eaten my lovingly cultivated kale and cauliflower plants, I bought defenses for them, and have planted the three extra kale plants I grew originally, plus seeds for kale, broccoli and Everlasting Spinach (we shall see), and the four eight ten red cabbage plants I picked up at the garden centre when purchasing the hoops and nets. Also a copious amount of hoeing, outright weeding, and put a couple more attempts at mange touts into the ground. There have been half a dozen or so peas on the m-t plants, but this is not a useful quantity.

Tonight, I go to the first evening of Drawing class!

Comments

[watervole]

Perpetual spinach is remarkably hardy, especially if you let some go to seed. The resulting self-seeded plants are incredibly healthy and rarely get touched by slugs or caterpillars.

[pensnest]

That sounds like my kind of gardening!

[watervole]

May also happen with rocket :)

[copracat]

The cruciferous vegetables are a gardener's burden, that's for sure. I love them so much, though, I'm very glad that people persist.

[pensnest]

I (hope I) have learned now that such things need to be planted with protection. And I might even put out some sacrificial ones at the end of the raised bed, for the wee beasties, next year.

[turlough]

Go you! I hope your arms and thighs have recovered by now.

Very hungry caterpillars are almost certainly what's eating your kale and cauliflower. At least that's what I understand from reading gardening magazines. They often recommend people to invest in special nets to keep the parent butterflies at bay. In any case good luck keeping your new plants caterpillar-free! And good luck with the perennial spinach and the peas too!

Ooh, this sounds interesting. I hope you enjoyed yourself.

[pensnest]

Slightly to my amazement, some of the kales have begun to revive. We shall see.

Drawing class was good—basic, but I have not actually done those things before.

[rikes]

Good luck with the garden!

Hope you enjoyed drawing class.

[pensnest]

Drawing class episode two today! Last week's was good—basic, but things I had never done before, so definitely worth doing. Picking the right pencil seems to be quite an art....