🌱🐕😴 20 kg of Seeds & a Napping Queen: Preparing the Garden of Eden

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Yesterday was one of those wonderful "working" Sundays: sun, dogs, hens, a table with a story, a coop that grows and 20 kilos of seeds waiting for their big moment. Let's go through it, in order. 👇

🐔 Opening the coop: the daily routine

The day started with the usual ritual: opening the coop so that our six hens can run happily around the Garden of Eden. They exit like a squad of commandos on a mission: heads high, pace fast, and a clear plan (mine: save the vegetables; theirs: the opposite). 😄

🌫️☀️ Less fog than usual... and then a spectacular sun

The morning had less fog than usual: just a few white veils lying in the valleys between the hills.

And then the sun took over, and what a sun: a spectacular blue sky and a golden light over the fields. ☀️

🐕🐾 Morning walk with @bdog and @choko.shock

A short morning walk with the usual team: our elegant @bdog (15 years old, and not one day less dignified) and the energy bomb @choko.shock.

During the walk we admired the dew drops on the spider webs: a natural jewellery shop, open before sunrise and free of charge. 💎🕸️

And a few stunning flowers, still blooming in October (yes, that is Ca' Paradiso wrapped in yellow ones):

🧹 A big thank you to @crmilazz!

Today @crmilazz gave me a huge help with the deep cleaning, putting everything in order both in the kitchen and in my bedroom. 🙏 Thank you, truly, for all the help and for your lovely presence at Ca' Paradiso: the house has never been so tidy, and it is much nicer with you here. 💛

🪵 A table full of memories

Together we also gave a straw-yellow oil treatment to the beautiful wooden table under the porch. It's a memory of my family of origin, a piece of wood that has seen many dinners, and now shines again, ready for many more.

🐔🏗️ The mobile coop: almost done

With the help of @crmilazz we also completed the mobile coop. Almost, to be honest: a piece of net is missing, so we improvised by covering the roof with a corrugated sheet. Very Italian solution: if you can't do it perfectly, do it effectively. 😅 The hens will surely tell me what they think.

🌾 Sunset: preparing the sowing of the Garden of Eden

After sunset I prepared everything for the broadcast sowing in the hectare that will become the future, enlarged Garden of Eden: 20 kg of organic green manure seeds (a mix of cover crops).

The seeds will be activated two days before the sowing, which is planned for Thursday, given the weather forecast: they will soak in a big basin of water, ready to wake up.

Playing in the grass at dusk, as the sun goes down, @choko.shock too found something important to do: examine two spiky balls, with the seriousness of a quality inspector.

😴 The napping queen of the Garden of Eden

And now the real boss of the day: @bdog. At 15 years old she is allowed to do what she wants, and what she wanted was several naps right in the middle of the Garden of Eden. 👑

Somebody has to supervise the future orchard, and she takes the job very seriously (from a horizontal position, in the shade). 😂

So that was yesterday: coop, fog, sun, walks, a table full of memories, 20 kg of seeds and a thousand little jobs. A very "Eden" kind of day. 🌿

Your turn: have you ever sown cover crops or green manure to enrich the soil? Any tips for a hectare-sized sowing by hand? And what's your favourite way to rest after a hard day: a nap in the grass like @bdog? Tell me in the comments! 👇

🌿 Matteo — Ca' Paradiso, Cagli (Marche, Italy)
www.caparadiso.com

🏃 Actifit Report

• Activities: morning walk with the dogs, evening walk, deep cleaning, oiling the table, finishing the mobile coop, preparing the seeds

• Steps: 11,391

• Location: Cagli, Marche, Italy 🇮🇹

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