Pause for the cause

Big shout to our gardening friend Med Dred from Cyprus for letting us know about this good cause.

Himself and Haji Mike (who both release tunes on the dubophonic net label) have been invited to go to Japan to play a charity concert for the victims of the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011 (the worst of its kind since Chernobyl)

The event takes place in Koriyama City, 55km from the Daiichi nuclear reactor plant in the district of Fukushima on November 29th, 2013. Their campaign on gofundme.com aims to raise the funds to cover return air fares and touring costs while in Japan. If you have any spare folding bung it their way! More info here.

 

Herbsman shuffle

basil with shoots6211_nThanks again to Med Dred from Cyprus for sending us photos of his veg plants which we were well chuffed on receiving!

He has just emailed us a great one of a well healthy looking Basil cutting, happily rooting away in a glass of water (above), how good is that? He also sent us the link to his new free downloadable EP out now (click here for the download). Big up Med Dred! Reggae and gardening do mix!

Dub gardeners around the world unite (pt 2)

A big shout to our good mate across the pond, Dr Strangedub for linking us up with Med Dred from the wonderful island of Cyprus. As well as releasing some top tunes (check out “empty words” and it’s dub, “dub-o-phonic words” for pablo inspired vibes. All available for free on the  EP on the dubophonic net label) Med Dred grows some top veg as well!

cherry tomsThanks for the pics which show some Cherry Tomato’s and great Bell Peppers which are now steaming ahead as the summer heat in Cyprus is now dying down and some well healthy Rosemary, Mint and Thyme in the herb stakes.

it's a pepper

Rosemary

mint

Thymeit's hot!Med Dred also let’s us know of some top tips of his. One which I’m well fascinated about is that he has to spray a mixture of water and baking powder (which you can see traces of above) on his plants once a week to stop the mad looking Phylliidae leaf insects aka “walking leaves” from playing havoc which we don’t get in the UK thank the lord! And we complain about our slugs and snails!

LeafInsectEvery day he also takes off white flies by hand off his Tomato plants and puts used teabags into the garden regularly which helps the soil and the plants to grow (we love used teabags here too which we bung in the wormery or compost heap depending what mood we’re in!)  Ta for the pics and tips, love it! Big up the Med Dred!

Do send us your garden pics, dubstep, funk, metal  or soul gardener, we don’t care! Send your pics with some text to onedeckpete@gmail.com