Hellooooo – want a garden update?
Apparently the plum trees are ready for spring!
A mild winter so far – I checked the tanks to day… only barely half full!! Normally they’d be over flowing!!
They’ve taken their sweet time but lots of cape gooseberries are ready. I know you can make jam out of them – they have an odd flavour so not sure how brave I am to go ahead and try!
The sweet peas are slowly getting bigger
This cheeky fellow flitted about me yesterday as I ventured outside to do various tasks
Still no mulch. Still no motivation to go collecting seaweed…. soon soon
Regardless… the garlic looks fine!
The beetroot seem to have lost leaves.
Broccoli!! They didn’t really produce a decent compact head but… not bad since I’ve put pretty much no effort into them
They tasted pretty good too (Esp with some butter and my garlic salt)
The lettuce, slow of course but I think looking pretty good. Even ate a few leaves the other night from this plot!
The helbores are out doing their thing.
Caught two of the chooks UNDER the nesting boxes laying eggs. Sigh. So annoyingly awkward.
Today I got in there with a rake to fish out the eggs… collected about 20!!!
Chook-bum!!
This one is like a flea! As soon as I am in the wood pile, she is right there looking for bugs!
Today was another amazing day. Still waiting for a week of horrible weather so I can really sloth properly!
Pip was out on his lead for ages – right at that point he was eyeing off a bunny!
I let him back inside and seriously – less than five minutes and he spewed on the carpet!! He is such a jerk at times!! 😀
All that time outside yet he waits for the ‘opportune moment’
Todays long awaited task.
Leaf mould compost.
Plenty of leaves around to rake up
I decided to empty both the composts… not much left but might as well use it.
I topped up a garden bed and the potato pots
Teeming with worms!
Potatoes before and after
I also spent time sifting some of the coffee grounds to add into the leaf compost
Nice and full – I packed them down but I am sure they will drop by half over the next 6 months.
Time to give a chook a wheelbarrow ride…
This plot has been bugging me for ever – time to clear and bed down the last one in the main veggie patch
I got some enthusiastic helpers
They had a lovely time!
I topped the bed off with a bale of straw that was breaking down, all mushy and wormy
I might be almost ready for spring?
I hope everyone is having a good week!
Stay happy and healthy!!
Cheers
(Pip has a pretty rough life hey?)
