Muscovy ducks moves in!
I’m so happy to announce that we now have 4 beautiful muscovy ducks. We bought them from this lovely lady who really loved her ducks and made sure they would have a nice home at our place. It was a bit of an adventure to get them since there was this motorbike-event on the island where she lives. Part of the road was closed and the traffic was standing still due to a police control. But finally, 30 minutes late we got to her farm and could pack the ducks in the car. On our way back we saw more motorbikes than I have ever seen in my life!
Well back home we put the ducks into their new house. They were a bit scared of us but after two days they started seem more comfortable. For now they only have a small outdoor cage but on wednesday we will let them out in the bigger area where the new pond is. Hopefully they will like it there and not fly away. It’s a bit nervous but exciting!
All this weed…
There are sooooo much weed right now. We’ve had perfect weather with hot, sunny days and rainy nights. Great for potatoes and great for weeds… 🙂 I have not had time to take care of it all week but finally yesterday I got it all done. Even though the past week was perfect for growing plants, the weekend was very hot and dry, prefect for weeding. When we rake of the weed we really want it to die for good and the best one for the job is the sun. The roots of any plant, and especially new and small plants are very sensitive to dry out so putting them in the sun on top of the beds are perfect. It dies there and then it will become green manure and also it helps to cover the soil.
Will we get any soil?
This weeks big question has been “will we get the soil?”. We have a lot of plants; pumpkin, chili, beans, watermelon and many more that needs either new soil or to get planted out in the garden. Everything is longing for that final place to grow and set fruits. We were planning on reusing the soil from the pond but it was full of stones and a bit sour. Our neighbor was going to help us to fix it but he hasn’t had time this past week. Instead we got some soil mixed with horse and cow manure. Since we got it yesterday and we need a top layer of pure soil we still haven’t planted anything yet. I’m a bit stressed out about it but there’s nothing to do. Today was Sweden’s national day so the place that sell soil was closed. But hopefully we will be able to get soil during this week and plant everything this weekend. If you are interested in how we made our beds from scratch there will be a post about that soon. Sign up on the front page to get a notification every time we post something new!
Grounded gardens 