We haven’t taken time to do the lawns etc for a while… and with the rain, Jeff would have only bogged the mower… So things were looking a bit scruffy.
The front lawn isn’t much trouble – just the rest of the weed-laden yard!
Pip is the resident snoopervisor.
And the chickens are the inspection crew!
There are still tomatoes hanging on in there despite the cooling down of the days and nights.
Not bad pickings for May – cucumber plant still going strong!
I think I need to add some broccolini to dinner tomorrow night. (and maybe do some more thinning??)
I planted some wheat (Stolen from the chicken feed) to act as green manure in a couple of the recently dug up areas in the main vegetable garden. Was pleased to see the green shoots poking through.
I still have a mass of parsley!
Seems like I am always picking up windfall apples! Most were ok, but the few that had been chewed on were bringing out the European wasps. Trying to keep them off the ground as the less of these we have around the better.
I finally got onto a much needed job – the one of sorting out the kindling box!! My pet hate is having it full of rubbish and non-kindling sized bits of wood/branches!!
We bought the crate from the tip shop for $10 and its a really good big crate to fill with plenty of kindling/pine cones. I like not having to go out hunting daily for something to start the fire with – especially when its pouring rain, dark and cold.
We have a few ‘dead’ pallets that I will get onto and cut into kindling as well. I pick up pine cones from local plantations and from the paddocks behind us. You can buy kindling, but when you can source it free and have the time, well… our money is definitely better spent elsewhere!
Was nice that the forecast rain never eventuated – it was really good to get out and into these jobs today.
Hope your weekend is going well!
Cheers
