Month: November 2009
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Allotment Plot
The plot thickens. A uniform is most sort after for the Community Gardener and will be under construction sometime soon….. Herbs were planted at the Allotment Plot at MERL; sage, garlic chives, mint, roots scavenged from the somewhat altered Herb Garden at the Fine Art Department. Digital images were taken of peas, broad beans, onions,…
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Garlic
There has been rain over the last few days and some sunshine. The soil at the allotment has softened with the moisture. Today I planted two rows of garlic, each clove approximately 15-20cms apart. I used two types of garlic. The first type was Thermidrome, one bulb that contained 14 cloves and the other type…
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Working the Surface
Brown earth as canvas/paper, framed edged by green grass, crouching, bending, intent figure, drawing tools, fork, trowel, bulb planter, scratching, digging into earth surface, measuring and judging distances, carving space, planting seed action, scraping, covering, flattening earth disturbance, worm casts, avoiding worm harm, leaving seeds in ground, walking away, later watching magpies from the window…