Gwenfar's Garden @GwenfarsGarden@kith.kitchen

“crossypaws!!!” — my partner

Looking for some #gardening advice:

I want to grow zucchini this year. I think I'd sow them inside in April and move them into the garden in May. The garden is quite small and so I want to build wooden climbing aids to reduce the space they take.

The space where the bed is supposed to be is lawn right now. I read everywhere that for zucchini you are supposed to make the bed early, to put compost and organic matter in the soil als a preparation a while before the zucc comes in. But if I'd do that now, I'd have bare soil for 1-2 months, which could erode and there would probably grow other stuff ("weeds"). Is this the way to go? Should I sow some filler (I have white clover seeds) and dig it over when the zucc comes in?

As a follow up, the zucchini will cover up a lot of space even with the climbing aid, but the space will be bare soil underneath it, should I leave it like that? Apparently marigold is a good companion, should I fill the bed with them after digging it up and then just pull them out where I'm going to plant the zucc?

Blau und Grün #foto #photo #photography

Sunday snooze-day.

(Evry day snooze-day 4 kittehs)
#Mastocats

he has a lot to say

A Tawny Coster (Acraea terpsicore) that had just emerged from its pupa and resting before flying off. Spotted at Tampines Eco Green, Singapore, on 29 March 2020.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40946052 ].

#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Insects #Butterflies #Lepidoptera

Wunderschöne Wege zum Spazierengehen. Immer am Wasser entlang. Ich liebe die Natur!
#Frühling

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Beautiful paths for walking. Always along the water. I love nature!
#spring

Q: Opinions on the Brunnings 30L Coir Garden Soil Block from Bunnings?

A few months back I got the two large planter boxes made. But didn't have a chance to get them set up before the apocalypse, so I'm looking into it now. Specifically, what I can get delivered most easily. Came across that, and wonder if that's an easy thing - layered with pea straw, cardboard, some proper fertiliser... ??

Linking from a thread of mine on birbsite. Looking for people in Cambridge area who can advise. https://twitter.com/Sheffield_Kevin/status/1244190490309861376?s=20

@CornishRepublicanArmy @Spacedrake @cute a musician, Lido Pimienta, a Afro/Indigen Woman de 🇨🇴 who asks women of color, trans & dif. abled fans to come to the front of her shows.
Of course she got the "you're the real racist" shit. That was in oh-so friendly 🇨🇦.
Links in the pix
excerpt:
“When I ask men to go to the back, I am not kicking them out, I am not telling them I hate them, I am simply inviting them to be part of a generous gesture to ensure that women are safe”

Her 🎶 is 🔥 btw.

I'm sad that this is needed, but I know it is, so I'm glad it exists:

A text-messaging service that sends a dose of daily positivity to trans and non-binary people, the Validation Station uses the recipient's name and pronouns to help trans people’s mental wellbeing during this difficult time.

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/25/the-validation-station-non-binary-bbc-presenter-trans-people-self-isolation-coronavirus-lockdown/

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Took a hike up to Cunswick Fell today for our 1-per-day allotted outdoor exercise time. Shed loads more photos of the gorgeous views here https://www.iancylkowski.com/blog/2020/3/28/pandemic-peregrinations-cunswick-fell-cumbria-spring 👍

#landscape #photography #photo #photographie #spring #kendal #cumbria #nature #hiking #lakedistrict #uk #britain #england

pics from today, part 1 - forest flowers

1, 2 Hepatica nobilis
3 Erythronium dens-canis
4 ??? some grass lol

welcome to Earth, here's what you need to know

animals are biomachines that turn tasty stuff into foul-smelling stuff

plants are biomachines that turn foul-smelling stuff into tasty stuff

mushrooms are... well we don't actually know what mushrooms do but they're pretty cool

Bonus! Top social distancing tips: 1) yell at a lake 2) leave

I see they're getting ready to set stonehenge forward an hour for british summer time