Late Sunday night / into Monday morning
Life remains unpredictable. Tonight's particularly brilliant weirdness was the magic of cars - which almost took me on an impromptu visit to a friend because cars can do that and instead delivered me to the end of a van unload which I lent both physical and moral support to. A van unload that was completely off my radar but which I was glad to be able to lend a paw with - given I was in the right place at the right time!
Last week, for reasons that still remain somewhat vague, was utterly exhausting and more stressful than I've experienced for a while. It ended with my first even gig with Batala Lancaster, the Brazilian samba drumming band I joined earlier in the year. Although I've had moments in rehearsal of feeling really "in the rhythm", this gig was not one of those experiences! The first challenge playing in the band was getting used to hitting my drum at the right time. The next, enjoying myself (or looking like I was enjoying myself, at least!). I was just about getting there with those two when Boom! Next challenge: doing all of the above AND walking! Suffice to say I've loads of room for improvement and lots to learn. Onwards!
I've also fallen in love with polytunnels as a kind of living room. I spent some time at Middlewood this weekend and was amazed by how hot the polytunnel got - despite not being completely sealed! A new polytunnel was under construction elsewhere on site which gave me some more insight into some of the engineering factors to consider (especially in relation to watering) but the light and warmth of a polytunnel is truly awesome. It's on The List.
I also utterly devoured How to Make a Forest Garden by Patrick Whitefield. Middlewood has a variety of books and this was one which I knew I wanted to take a look at. And in the end I got right the way through it - and realised that as much as I'd love to start planting oodles of fruiting trees (do nut trees "nut"?) right now any forest-garden style gardening I want to implement will be about shrubs and herbaceous, rather than including the tree aspect. Unless I managed to get more actively involved in the design of a certain expanse in the South of England... But actually, limiting myself to those two layers of the forest garden will be great experience of trying out different types of plants so I can get familiar with what will grow, and what I like to eat! Anyway, the book itself was really well written, very informative and a really interesting way of viewing growing systems. One I'd recommend however you choose to garden.
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