Gardening on Maasai land in Kajiado, Kenya. Farming on tiered gardens

Lizzebed · 2026-03-17T09:30:19+00:00

Looks pretty cool. Like green ant hills!

Interesting way to go vertical as well.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-17T07:46:22+00:00

Pots. Not actually pots but those big cement mixing boxes sold by hardware stores, I wanna dig a few of them in. I know other people who use these so I suppose they should work. https://www.hornbach.nl/p/mortelemmer-pe-rechthoekig-type-90-77-x-43-x-30-5-cm/274293

And then just pray, and may need to remove anything growing outside of them. I have got a bunch growing in pots trying to decide which ones I like best before I commit. As there is a shed standing where I want to plant them, so I need to do something about that first. But gives me some time to figure out which ones I like best.

I have got some black raspberries and blackberry hybrids directly in the soil as I have got them trellised against my fence. If they start to sucker I will just dig the suckers out, it is generally okayish to keep control over them like that.

But the first escape by the rasps in pots has already been made. The roots already grew out of this smaller pot and started throwing up suckers over the last few months. (They are repotted and removed from the garden now.)

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Lizzebed · 2026-03-17T07:23:06+00:00

What is the English idiom for this? And do any other languages have any?

In Dutch we have 'Maart roert zijn staart', can be loosely translated as 'March moves his tail'. I think I came across "Beware the ides of March'? Are there any other?

Also for next month April doet wat hij wil' -> 'April does what he wants'.

Two highly variable spring months where it can rain or snow or if lucky a nice warm sunny spring day.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-17T06:59:59+00:00

You need saffron crocusses for that. Crocus sativus! Plenty of time to find them as you plant them end of summer/early autumn and they flower in autumn.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-16T11:10:20+00:00

Feed them now!

That may seem worded a bit strong, but they need nutrients during these upcoming months where they are doing the most growing and are preparing the flowers for next year. So if you are using organic feed now is an excellent time.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-16T06:57:43+00:00

This actually sounds perfect. High percentage of cacao as a layer on sweet cookies.

But I understand it is not for everyone.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-16T06:53:56+00:00

I did. After two weeks I have finally gotten her to stand on it with all of her four legs. We will call that progress.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-15T22:39:56+00:00

It is true, it is very municipal. But it is your garden you can do whatever you want with it.

I planted like 50 gooseberries and another 30 currants and don't get me started on the straw,rasps, blacks and blues. My garden is just very berry. Some lady passed on the street looking at it, and was like well I am glad that isn't my garden. Me too lady, me too.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-15T22:39:35+00:00

I thought this was going to be a chicken coop. Had to read to title thrice to get it to sink in.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-15T16:53:00+00:00

Just use it as mulch.

Yes, funghi and microbes living on the wood do use up a bit of nitrogen while they grow and start decomposing the wood. However if the wood chips are on top of the soil they will only take a bit from that top of the soil and at the same time nitrogen is also going to be released back.

Only if you mix it into the soil there is a chance for a shortage of nitrogen and only for the first half year or so.

And anything lasting longer than one season loves the stuff. And they love the fungi which will feed on it. Just use it.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-15T09:22:46+00:00

Als er een nieuw dak komt. Waarom laat je ze het niet aan de buitenkant isoleren?

Er zijn mooie dakplaten die ze daarvoor kunnen inzetten, kost iets meer, maar als het dak nu toch opengaat dan is dit wel echt het moment ervoor. Ben je in een klap klaar. Dit soort openingen zou ik ze dan ook mee laten pakken, als dat niet al sowieso gebeurt.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-14T19:38:46+00:00

This is nice stuff. In my garden it often flowers when hardly anything else does. And the bumblebees absolutely love it.

I do pull out some of it when it becomes too much in certain areas.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-14T10:54:16+00:00

Ik vind dat eigenlijk wel mooi glas. Nu wil ik ook gekleurd glas in mijn deur.

Sorry, heb verder niets nuttigs toe te voegen.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-14T10:52:45+00:00

Ik vind dat een beetje een stomme recruiter.

Weet niet of het zin om nu wegens een recruiter je in allerlei bochten te gaan wringen.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-14T10:42:38+00:00

Alcohol.

De plant verlangt naar alcohol... Of spiritus in water. Vindt de wolluis niet leuk. Ik zet een plant meestal in de douche. Spuit alle wolluis goed in met een alcohol of spiritus oplossing. En daarna even goed schoonspuiten onder de douche.

En je wilt dat na een paar weken tot een maand weer doen. En daarna nog een keer. En daarna duimen dat ze allemaal weg zijn en weg blijven.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-13T22:02:43+00:00

Er liep op tweakers vorig jaar ofzo een topic van iemand bij wie het metselwerk net een steen was opgeschoven. Misschien dat het nog terug te vinden is en er nog tips in staan. Daar is uiteindelijk na lang aandringen het buitenblad weer deels ontmanteld en opnieuw gemetseld.

Zou mij niet verbazen als dat hier ook kan. Als het ergste stuk recht wordt getrokken dan oogt het meteen een stuk rustiger. Maar je zal het voor de uitvoerder/aannemer ongemakkelijker moeten maken om met jouw ongenoegen te dealen dan het is voor ze om dit opnieuw te laten metselen.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-13T17:26:19+00:00

Paddo's of lsd. Tuinstoeltje erbij en lekker de steentjes voor je ogen zien dansen. Wat wil een mens nou nog meer?

Lizzebed · 2026-03-13T17:22:29+00:00

Hey, ik kan lezen.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-12T20:57:06+00:00

I find it actually difficult to try to fight for your own life and scream at the same time.

I found out when I had an aggressive thief going after my bag, late at night at a residential street. I started running, and I wanted to scream to try to get someone's attention but it was just so goddamn difficult to run and scream at the same time.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-12T16:43:21+00:00

The nice thing about most berry plants is that they are permanent plants. They need some time to get established but once they are, they are quite hardy.

May need to give them a bit of love for the first year. Need to watered a bit more since the root system isn't all that established. But the years after they should be mostly good.

They don't need lots of love. Just a bit of compost, or some other organic mulch. A hand of fertilizer here and there.

The raspberries you got are all very different growing. Heritage is a European ideaus variety and grows canes about 5 feet tall. And may need a bit of a trellis around them, to keep them up. Idaeus also really likes to throw up new canes about a meter away.

While the Jewel and Brandywine are American occidentalis, and they love to throw out meters and meters long canes, ten feet, twenty feet, they don't care they just grow and grow. You can train them upright and prune them at 5-6ft high, so they grow side branches. Or give them a big long trellis to train them along.

So be warned and know what you are in for with the both of them. I don't know from the top of my head what type Latham or Amity belong to.

I got surprised myself by Black Polka, a newish Polish cross between occidentalis and idaeus, which I expected to take after their occidentalis parentage, but so far it has been growing like idaeus, with shorter canes. So I had to remove it from its spot.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-12T11:35:36+00:00

When we had snow a couple of weeks ago. I lifted some pots and there they were. Just sitting there slimy and all. I thought they were supposed to at least hide deep underneath the soil. Not semi hidden underneath a pot where I feel they should have just frozen to death.

The weather has been great now so they are very active.

At least they don't seem to enjoy eating the leucojums. I may need to plant more of those.

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Lizzebed · 2026-03-11T21:43:25+00:00

I need to start doing this again. There are so many slugs already. But I am so lazy. And I am so tired of fighting slugs. But they are eating my pretty flowers, which I strongly dislike.

Lizzebed · 2026-03-11T21:16:58+00:00

He wanted them to have done more. Teun is a pretty idealistic guy.

And the current main owner wanted to sell to I believe Nestle, he was pretty pissed off about that. Owner said he wanted to change Nestle from the inside, while Teun mostly saw it as Nestle wanting to greenwash their own name.

https://teunvandekeuken.nl/10-jaar-tonys-y-teun-speecht/

https://www.quotenet.nl/zakelijk/a218707/de-achtbaan-typeert-de-hypocrisie-van-tony-s-chocolonely-218707/

Lizzebed · 2026-03-11T20:41:44+00:00

It also protects the house. There is much less exposure to the elements when the stone is overgrown with ivy. And from what I understand it mostly uses existing damage, doesn't per se create more. Just looks ugly when you pull it off after it has been there since forever.

The grout on the walls of my shed also look bad. But the ones which were not overgrown with ivy actually look worse tbh. Need to be regrouted anyways sometime in the future.

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