Do you believe in Fairies?
There are times when the only way I have of explaining the growth of everything here at the permaculture smallholding that is Bealtaine Cottage, is by citing the Fairies as the little workers that sally forth at night, as the sun descends and their Fairy Forts allow them exit…and here’s what I mean…
This bed is less than 3 weeks old, built and planted out on the same weekend…now look at the growth!
Well, it must have been the Fairies, because it wasn’t the chemical companies that most people use to grow food…
Talking of which, I was in Lidyl this morning and they had some lovely Rose Bushes for sale.
I did what I always do, I read the label…and oh, the utter disappointment!
It read that the Rose was licensed and one could not grow cuttings from it!
Imagine?
Not grow cuttings?
That’s like telling me not to drink the Spring water from the well, or breathe the clean air on the mountain!
What in the name of Fairy Freedom is happening to people?
I mean, do they think I’m going to take any notice of that?
Or even buy one of these imprisoned Roses?
Today I will take cuttings of my best Roses, pot them up and gift them to a friends at Yuletide!
And if you call by Bealtaine Cottage, I shall do what I am famous for…give you heaps of plants, seeds and cuttings, free!
(Well, Gaia gave them to me!)
And now to show you a little secret…here’s what I use to line the raised beds, sheep’s wool.
It’s referred to as “shoddy,” which is the parts of the fleece of little or no use for spinning.
It is very rich in plant food and even a liquid feed can be made from it.
It will rot down nicely and the roots of plants can bury themselves into the feast of food that is trapped therein!
Now that was a secret…why did I tell you?
Oh, yes, of course…The Fairies told me to…Ha! Ha!
Just one more little bit of information on this beautiful Sunday in the west of Ireland…
You may be wondering why on earth there are pots sitting on the top of the raised beds…well that’s another brainstorm I had…
Cut the bottoms out of pots and plant that on the raised bed, with a plant inserted, so the roots have even more depth!
Have a lovely day and watch out for the Fairies!
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Re Roses / Licences: Suggest an edict be sent out from Fairy Fort Head Office (FFHO) to all Roses, reminding them that the terms and conditions of their Licence to blossom and bloom, states that “Humans wishing to encourage widespread recognition and support of the inherent beauty and horticultural importance of the the Rose species – be allowed to carefully, sensitively and respectfully remove cuttings for the purposes of propagation”
Wonderful…that is a wonderful quote and needs spreading! You have brought out the simplicity of it all!
Colx
Thank you PermaGoddess….and my compliments to the Fairies!
ooooopps! Forgot to insert !! at the end of previous comment.
Yes I do believe in the wonder of Fairies and that which is not seen. There is much we don’t don’t know.
I am in Wisconsin, USA. Some ‘shoddy’ is coming my way via a farm who has sheep. They also told me it would hold more of the water around the plant. Water is a proplem here. My 65 gallon watter barrel only waters my land for 7 days. This is using it by bucket and a dipper giving a amount to all that has been recently added. I am so excited about the wool,
It will hold onto more water…great work!
Colx