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Rolls of Pea Seedlings #seedroll #seedsnail #propagation #gardenfail

May 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

A cool idea that combined a bunch of things I haven’t really tried before, ended up failing because of something I really should be able to do.

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03 May - Quick Rotation Crop Beds #weeding #springcrops #growyourownfood #mutualaid

May 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

May Day holiday weekend, and still work to do with the Black Plot Collective!

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Scalping the Soil #weeding #overgrown #spade #resilience

May 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

With all the work with the Collective, and lots of videos, I had abandoned other growing spaces. Thankfully I have a few techniques to fairly quickly clear out the overgrown weeds.

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Using 9 Forms of "Compost"

May 3, 2025 at 7:06 AM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

Finally uploaded another longer format video to my main channel. The end of the month makes a great deadline!

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01 May - Transplanting and Potting Up #tomatoes #peppers #cropsuccession

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May 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

It was not my intention to have the first three alternative narrators for the Black Plot videos to be the younger women in the Collective … it just happened that way! #wherearethemen

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28 Apr - Peas, Weeds and Comfrey #directsow #intercrop #comfreytea #weeding

May 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

A busy day in the Black Plot, and I am glad to be able to pass on my role as a narrator to others!

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An Unexpected Glut of Radishes #successioncropping #hungergap #glut #polytunnel #quickrotationcrops

April 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

After 9 years of uploading videos to my main channel, this is the first one I have made without writing a script first! I wonder if anyone will notice the difference?

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26 April - Another Outside Bed Planted #springcrops #quickrotationcrops #transplants #directsow

April 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

Had some extra help in the Black Plot today, and help with making this video 😁

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Managing Staggered Succession #adaptation #springcrops #propagation #succession

April 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

This is one of those things that I can’t believe it took me so long to figure out how to do #learning

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Problematic Compost #municipalcompost #dieoff #seedling #microgreen #peashoot

April 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

I guess taking a chance, to see if something will work, can actually be a useful way to learn, if I can handle the failure.

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The Last Squash #abundance #hungergap #growyourown #storage

April 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

The last of the squash from last year’s harvest – roasted, mixed with ricotta and sage to fill tortelli! Yum!

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21 Apr - Tomatoes Replacing Spring Crops #transplant #successioncrop #weeding #watering #propagation

April 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

More spring crops finished in the polytunnel, making space for more tomato plants to go in #succession

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Exploring Seed Rolls #seedsnail #seedroll #propagation

April 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

I thought that seed rolls or seed snails could be an interesting option for propagating plants, so I tried them out with a few crops, and it is going to take more exploration to figure out how this method might be useful.

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End of the Microgreen Gap #peashoot #hungrygap #compost

April 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

It was really nice to have microgreens to eat earlier in the spring, as we were waiting for everything else to grow. But now that there is an abundance of salad greens, these trays of tiny seedlings seem too much of a hassle.

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19 Apr - Cauliflower, Broccoli and Cabbages #sowing #propagation #brassicas #compost

April 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

One of the great things about our Collective, is it makes sense to sow a lot of some crops, and there are people to help with all that propagation!

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Digging No-Dig Potatoes #volunteer #notill #digging

April 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

Needing to dig potatoes out of the no-dig garden, reminds me how strange and limiting our labels and ideas can be.

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17 Apr - Making Space #propagation #tomatoes #compsot #growingmedium

April 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

Potting up, mixing more growing medium, and finally putting the vibrating sieve into action!

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Lots to Learn from a Massive Potato Harvest

April 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

I finally dug up all the potatoes from last year, and got around to making a video about it, just as we are planting this years crop.

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14 Apr - Grow Bags, Courgettes + Tomatoes #recycle #compost #fertility #cucumbers

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April 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

Lots of work done today, the collective is working well!

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12 Apr - Grow bags and Climbing Beans #transplaning #compost #watering #resilience

April 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

First update from the Black Plot Collective in a week!

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Stressed Early Tomato Plants #delay #propogation #stress #timing

April 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

Yep, I am blaming the fact the tomato plants became too stressed, on the better propagation space, and unusually warm weather

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05 Apr - No-Till Trials and Potatoes #Nodig #notill #potatoes #trial #ruthstout #dowding

April 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM

Bruce Darrell

@brucedarrell.bsky.social

Finally finished the No-Till trial beds, and planted some potatoes!

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