Two Markets, Three Beaches & a Bit of Garden

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Hello! What a beautiful sunny day we had!!

My friend Rachel and I took full advantage! We started at the local markets by the beach, then moved on to Penguin markets, followed by a short tour of my favourite rock-collecting beach at Penguin (See here) (I only picked up 6 rocks today! Inconceivable!)

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Sisters Beach – with a tide so high there was no beach!

We were very keen this afternoon for a decent stroll up one of the local beaches – so we trotted off to Sisters Beach. Note to self… must check tide times!!
Here is a reminder of how much sand and walking space there is at low tide:

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This was when we got there this afternoon:

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It was a bit disappointing not to be able to go for that nice long walk! Usually at high tide there is still a few meters of beach to walk on. Not today!

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I like the tea tree stained water at the mouth of the river here that runs into the ocean.

So – thwarted there, we decided to drive one beach over to Boat Harbour for a look.  The tide didn’t cover the entire beach at least – but even though its such a pretty area, not much space for a decent walk. Still… lovely to wiggle our toes in the sand and admire the view

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Greetings from Rachel and Lisa

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The drive along the coast had gorgeous views today

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Looking inland

I am managing to keep the garden watered, and paying a little bit of attention to it – probably need a good days work tidying up the enthusiastic weeds that grow faster than anything and everything (except maybe the lawn!)

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Raspberry canes full of flowers and forming fruit! Can’t wait to be picking fresh raspberries again!
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The original compost is sprouting a fine crop of potatoes!! Bonus!! 
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They are even flowering! So they are way ahead of the main vegetable patches potatoes!

 

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Little tomatoes getting bigger daily!
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The outside lettuce plot is looking pretty fabulous!
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Small lettuce from in the hothouse (self seeded) has been going well and we have been using them on sandwiches daily

I managed to take a little time (in between swanning about at beaches) to tie up my hothouse tomatoes. Instead of staking them, I like to hang some stocking from the roof and simply twine it around the tomato stems. As the tomato grows, I can untwine and redo tighter/higher.

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Starting to sprawl everywhere
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Pulled back off the ground
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Carrot seeds forming well. Might have to put a little fine mesh bag over it to catch the tiny seeds

And we even got a tiny handful of strawberries to finish the day with!

Hope you are having (or have had) a splendid weekend!

Cheers!

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Author: Lisa

A happy traveller through life! Right now living in NW Tasmania with a gorgeous Nurse-Husband, a fool of a Siamese Cat and several chickens. We love our fairly simple lifestyle of growing a lot of what we eat and enjoying the stunning surrounds of our little patch.

4 thoughts on “Two Markets, Three Beaches & a Bit of Garden”

  1. Hello Lisa! Yay for Princess Bride quotes, ha ha! I really like the flower embroidery on the cuffs of your pants, did you do that yourself?

    1. 🙂 Glad someone picked up on the ‘inconceivable’ bit 🙂
      I picked up the pretty embroidery lengths in Japan (I have two different ones) and sewed them onto my jeans (Correction… my mother did the sewing so I wouldn’t resort to either a stapler or double sided tape.)

  2. Hi from Massachusetts. Thanks once again for sharing your thoughts and ideas and the beautiful pictures of your adventures! I follow your blog posts but don’t always comment. Blustery and cold here today!

    1. Hello! Pleased you have been enjoying. Sounds like it was a good day for you to be firmly inside, rugged up! Its overcast again but not cold! Hard to believe we will be in summer in about 10 days!

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