RE: Hive Garden Journal - Tomatoes. So Many Tomatoes.
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As a child living in a rural area, my mom had a garden of large round tomatoes, okra, greens, and peppers. I see you have figs, which I love. Do you use organic fertilizer? I can understand the heat wave and see some leaves withered already. We've had one all summer it seems with temps reaching 100 deg.
A lovely garden. Take care.
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Thank you ! Yes, we're pretty much 100% organic. We make our own compost, although it's never enough so we always have to buy in some peat-free compost every year to top the raised beds up. Over the winter we work in natural fertiliser and bone meal to improve the soil quality, and feed the plants in summer with organic fertiliser (plus use a bit of neem oil for pest control).
I'm mostly inspired by my grandparents, who lived in Devon with a huge walled kitchen garden the size of a small field. They were 100% self sufficient in fruit and vegetables (as well as honey), and would barter the surplus with local farmers for butter and ham 😀
The fig tree was inspired by them as well. They had a massive one about 80 years old in a courtyard which always gave a great crop (mostly to the wasps for the figs we couldn't reach....) So when we bought our first house I got a tiny fig tree in a pot. It moved with us to this house, and when it outgrew the pot I planted it in the ground, never expecting the cherry I put at the other end of the flowerbed to get so big ! This is the first year we've had more than one or two figs from it, though.
The sticky, white substance inside the stem of the fig my mom would apply to our skin rashes. No need for a doctor. The wonders of nature.
Thanks for sharing your self-sustaining garden experiences. I wish I lived again in the country to have such a green space given how expensive produce is. Take care and have a good rest of your week.
!LADY