I am feeling pretty creaky tonight! We have done a lot of digging today!
Absolutely superb sunny warm day so Jeff, Mana and myself spent quite a few hours today in the vegetable garden for a much needed makeover.
This is pretty much what the patch looked like before – lots of straggling end of season plants and a host of weeds
So on with the gardening clothes and hats
The chooks were hanging out close by waiting for worms and other treats
This strip was where my potatoes were this last season. I am going to prepare this area for garlic. Since it will go in in June, I’ll leave the dahlias in there to enjoy them a little longer.
Seeing some progress!
Still pulling up lovely fat carrots
I have a few self seeded leeks – this one was put in the soup tonight!
I love marigolds scattered about the garden. So cheerful (and useful)
Check out that yummy red soil!
My next step is to sow a few of the areas with wheat, let it grow up a bit (hope its still warm enough for it to germinate) then dig it back in as green manure and cover with seaweed – which slows the weeds down a bit.
Can’t help having a little bit of a barefoot wallow in the dirt.
No matter how carefully I dig the potatoes – there are always a lot missed! The purple ones that look like cat-poo are pretty cool. They have a fabulous purple colour right through – but taste very normal potatoish. I am actually trying to get rid of them all. They are just a bit time consuming to clean because of their shape and size. I prefer working with the nice big Dutch Cream potatoes. mmmmm.
Not a bad lot of produce for the day!
Excuse me while I faceplant my bed
Cheers
PS for some odds and sods via Facebook, click here
