Hi again!
Well… the raspberries popped out some leaves so they went high on my list to sort out.
They needed a pruning weeding and a general all area make-over
I made a huge problem for myself… I should have taken the net off when they woodchipped over the fence…
I didn’t realise how much of it there would be and thought the netting would stop the raspberries from being buried.
By the time I knew better… it was too late
I said many many rude words as I shovelled a ton of chips out of the way… and you can’t just shovel happily. Because – sticks. Sticks stop the shovel from shovelling…
I had to cover Pips ears!
Finally unearthed the whole thing and shoved it aside while I worked on the patch.
I pruned back the canes and cut out the dead wood.
Jeff came down and helped me sort out the net (Untangle and renet) and shovel lots of woodchip around the patch… (He had been mowing again… that time of year when you can almost see the grass grow)
We then mulched the actual canes with straw.
Plenty of timber hanging about to weigh the netting down!!
I still need to get back in there and restring the supports along each patch but by the time we were done here… I was done!
We let the girls out and naturally they started to kick out the woodchip immediately.
This is why they were left locked up during the process – otherwise I’d still be there trying to get the job done and piffing chooks out of the way!
Flossie getting a cuddle
Back up behind the house and a couple of cows appear.
A few minutes later they are all there staring at me.
So I proceed to run up and down the fence line (in gumboots) with a bunch of cows stampeding along behind!!
I find this hilarious!
Anyway…
Next!
Potatoes!
Handy chopping boards all over the property at the moment!
I didn’t want to go out that day because it was doing one of those Tasmanian Weather Days and raining and sunning off and on every 10 minutes.
Told myself not to be a woose and get out and plant. So I did.
Rain never really hurt…
Tasmanian Weather immediately hailed on me!!!! Eyeroll.
But because I was in Tough Woman Mode, I soldiered on
Marked out the plot and dropped the spuds in
This season I also decided to mulch straight away since I had the straw. I never get back to my poor potatoes for mulching … maybe this will keep them happier this season!
Nice to get another important gardening job ticked off the list.
Tulips are still blooming which is lovely.
I am tempted to cut and bring some inside, but I don’t have that many and I am enjoying seeing the colours when I go out back.
And the snails haven’t ravaged them either this season thanks to the iron pellet stuff I’ve been using!
Hopefully the nice weather keeps it up more often than not!
Hope your week has started well!!
Cheers
Here you go add this to an area which holds water it may help create the garden spot faster.
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Thankyou so much 🙂
I planted the Kennebec potato this year and did not mulch. I read somewhere to plant them, then in one week, mound more dirt on top of the rows, then repeat the next week. I did that. Couldn’t believe how many potatoes we harvested this year! I will do that again.
Sadly, potatoes is about all we were good at growing this year. It got too hot too quickly, no rain, then too much rain. We gave up, but are enjoying the potatoes.
Thats so awesome re your potato harvest!! So exciting. Bit sad that other stuff wasn’t behaving as well as the potatoes – but they are such a great veggie to have a lot of!
We’ve reverted to winter tonight!! This weekend there is snow forecast everywhere around the state… I think we just miss out at our place!