Plums

Hello.
Here we are, day three of 2021
Its steadily raining outside at the moment. I am sure the garden is enjoying that.

There is Jeff cavorting about on top of the water tanks, picking plums!
Some birds have started getting into them, so we did another good lot of picking today.

Not a bad haul.
They don’t need to be red to be ready either. The skin and pip can be a bit sour but the rest are sweet and juicy
I see Jam in our future!!

We also got in and picked the raspberries… it was threatening to rain earlier so we did that first

And another handful of strawberries

The new tomato patch has perked up a bit. Although I’ve given up on the lateral… pretty sure the blackbirds have been the ones that dug the poor thing back up again.
So annoying having to net everything!!
I need the whole garden netted, not just plot by plot!!

Pretty sure it wasn’t Flea… who is keeping her escape route a well kept secret!!!

We put her back on her side while we were picking plums but she snuck back when we weren’t looking.
She sinks to the ground when you get close in preparation for being picked up and relocated haha

Overall we pretty much let her do as she pleases because we have no disciplinary skills!!
One day I will hide down there and watch to see how she is getting out!!

In other garden news… the butternut pumpkins are trying to produce flowers.

The zucchinis have lots of flowers… and some hopeful starts to some actual fruit

I never bother trying to hand pollinate… I just let nature take its course…eventually, she does 🙂

I gave the corn another feeding of ‘gogo juice’
We really need more warm weather though.

When I sort out some netting for this patch I’ll also put a heap of mulch on it… will add that to my ‘To Do’ list. I am sure I’ve talked about this before… All talk no action!!

Lovely little beetroots!
I re-covered these today as well as giving them a feeding too.
I suspect the birds have been digging in there too. Not badly.. just enough to be annoying.

The pear tree is laden with fruit!! Fingers crossed they hang on and ripen!

Finally got in and snipped the heads off the chives so I can collect the seed!

The day lilies are looking gorgeous! I really love their colour!

We also pulled out a ton of weeds from the side garden but will follow up on that with photos when we’ve made more progress.
I think we need to pull out most of it and start again. Its a bit crazy.

Anyways, thats about it from Tasmania for today!
Tonight I am all rugged up as its a lot cooler than what I prefer summer to be!!
I was too lazy to start a fire though!
Pip is tucked up under my windcheater making little kitty snoring sounds… he clearly thinks its too cold too!

Hope everyone is doing well
Cheers!

(Bee’s and Borage!)