A Bit of Heavy Lifting

Hello! How is everyone’s weekend going?
Cousin Jeff dropped off a load of firewood yesterday, so thought I might stir myself and get it stacked. We figure its a good thing to slowly get properly stocked up over the summer months – so its not a rush when the weather changes and the job is harder in the mud and rain.

Our lovely new wheelbarrow (thanx Mum & Dad) made the job a doddle. It fits a lot in and the spongy proper tyre goes over the bumps with ease

Terrible ignored mess
I feel good about this.

So – while in the mood of flinging things about, I thought I should do something about those umpteen bags of seaweed

Weeds creeping back already

I like checking up on my outside tomatoes… I think all around there is a distinct lack of bees on the job this season. I have plenty of flowers on everything but the fruit isn’t happening as it should…

There are some at least!
Yes and some got put into the duck yard too!

Zucchini & pumpkin patch. I still need to jump the fence and train my pumpkin back!

Not bad!! We ate it for dinner!

The outside beetroots are going along alright. Not quite as impressive as my hothouse one, but not bad!
They really needed thinning out and weeding… so I did

Before
after

Some that I pulled up that looked promising got transplanted into the garlic patch. I just realised I forgot to water them in! Oopsie. Better do that first thing tomorrow!

Oh and why not? A bit of weeding never goes astray
At least that’s something…
The original lettuce have almost had it. The new small ones have survived thus far. The older transplanted beetroots have taken well and there seems to be lots of self seeded tomatoes that I have just left to do their thing. This bed is a total mish-mash!

Again it was BBQ steak, new potatoes and salad for dinner. It will be a while before we get sick of that menu!

Cheers

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.

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