April 2020
April 2020 Friday 3 April Finished mowing today. 14 ½ hrs. including hayfield and cemetery which was very bad as I had a bad year mowing last year due to travel and multiple breakdowns. I mowed some in March last year but fully mowed all ending 8 May. The last mowing of the hayfield was done by John Leake as hay---10 bales. The last mowing of the cemetery got lost. But the push mower started easily! No rain for the last week or so and I have been watering pots and the new camellias. The spring planted lettuce is now producing for salads. I start with wild violets and then go to the ginko to get the still young leaves, then the wild grape vine on the potager fence for young leaves, then mint leaves, some leaves from the peas (no peas yet but blooms), small leaves of the collards that are going to seed, cilantro leaves and some flowers, wild sorrel, some arugula (wild and planted), curry leaves, starting to use sweet potato leaves, p...