White Clover @ 5 wks

Score: FarmerJohn 1 Rabbits 1 

Rabbit repellent

Sprayed on rabbit repellent--Bobbex--a high priced mixture of garlic and blood. After a couple of weeks and light rain, rabbbits have left baby clover alone and some isolated buckwheat that germinated later is still around as well. Encouraged but expect that the salad bar is not yet closed.

"Buttwheat"

Planted a section of the arroyo bank with buckwheat or more fondly "buttwheat." It's germinated in 3 days with sprinkling 3 or 4 times a day. Days have been mid-80's, light wind, but very hot sun. Using the buttwheat to pre-empt generations of weed seeds in the recently disturbed ground around a new casita. In addition we're hoping for some soil stabilization on the edge of the ditch and till under the buckwheat at a green manure.

Clover germination

first clover germination July2 

Began sowing white clover in arroyettes this week using an 8:1 mix sand:seed with some binder . Moistened seed bed 3-4 times a day. We're having temperatures in the mid 80's. By week's end, clover had surface germinated by the book -- 3-4 days with summer temperatures. Exciting to be working with seeds.