I went to nearby village to bring there plastic rubbish (there are special containers for segregated garbage), to buy chicken, plums and to chat with one local gardener about gardening. He is an experienced gardener and has lots of plants in his garden. A shop assistant was surprisingly very chatty about gardening as well, so I stood there patiently for 20 minutes until she finished talking. Nice girl. Maybe I will swap some plants with her.
She told me something interesting. Local villagers – these ones who live in Sokółki in block of flats or houses – they usually grow their own vegetables in their little gardens. Big farmers, who own lots of land and cows – every second of them doesn’t have a garden and he prefers to buy vegetables in the village shop. It’s surprise to me, since they have got so many modern agricultural machines, that they could easily make a garden for themselves. But they don’t. Probably busy with mass production of milk or meat have no time for it. Or maybe they are too lazy to work in their own gardens after working all day with their animals and fields.
Anyway – I didn’t know the local market structure looks like that. I was rather thinking that it’s opposite. I thought that the villagers from block of flats don’t have their own vegetables and buy in the shop. Well, I thought that, because I saw some of them buying vegetables in the shop. But maybe it changed recently? Or maybe not all of them have gardens or are eager to grow there their own vegetables?
Then I visited a local gardener and bought from him plums for seeds. I need lots of seeds.
The seedlings I have made are okay. Looks okay. I hope, they will survive until spring and willl grow well. Some of them I have planted around month ago, some just recently. They need at least a month - a warm month to develop roots. I am not sure if I should leave them outside or bring them inside. I have decided to bring them inside and keep them in basement. I need over 600 fruit trees. If my seedlings grow, I will save lots of money and will have very various, local species. Local species are proof to frost much more then these ones from the south of Poland.
It’s cold today. Not very cold, but much colder than a couple of days ago. I think I should start burn wood in the oven. Also I don’t have gas to cook fast some dishes. I need to start the oven which is annoying, since it doesn’t work properly. Before it starts work – I will have clouds of smoke everywhere.
I brought from the village a chicken. I think I will back it in a special prodiż together with potatoes. It would be much faster than waiting for oven to be hot enough for cooking dinner. I need to start the oven anyway, but maybe I will do it tomorrow morning after cutting some apples and plums for the jam.
While coming back from the village this time I was walking instead of driving a bike and I was collecting seeds and branches for seedlings. Now the branches are here, in the yard, but it’s already very dark and cold, so I will make seedlings from them tomorrow. Tomorrow I cannot move anyway, since I am waiting for potatoes and oat delivery. I have to be at my yard, so I will take care of the branches tomorrow.
