Hello!!
Yes! Spring is here. Although it was grey and soggy today!
I stayed mostly inside – made some soaps
Oh, I did have to go out shopping, but that wasn’t exciting so…
In between soap making, soap workshops and hiking, I have done a couple of things in the garden that were useful
The blueberry patch needed help
This was the end result – but since then the little darling chooks have gotten in and happily kicked all the straw and sawdust about everywhere!!
Some wing clipping coming up I think!
I bought some seed potatoes but haven’t touched the patch where they are going to go this year.
The ground is so gluggy… so I am putting it off
The four plants in the hothouse look nice
And the side shoots on the broccoli are doing great. We had some of these at dinner tonight
I bought some lettuce seedlings
So I did some tidying up in the hothouse
Popped in some cow poo and mushroom compost
And planted heaps!!
All in their little personal hothouses so the slugs don’t get them
Borage is out everywhere
Jeff got to and split all the big pieces of wood in that pile on the front lawn and stacked it all.
I conveniently arrived home in time to help with the last few barrow loads!!
Now at least a lot of it is an easier size and being under cover will make it more likely to burn better!! Funny that!
I am about two weeks off the Overland start with my friend Nardia.
I’ve been reasonably good at getting out every other day with the pack on.
I am liking the series of views from the top of Fossil Bluff!
Yesterday I upped the weight in my pack to around 18kgs
I felt that extra two kilos!!
Still, even though I was a bit sorer, I still did it ok so feeling reasonably confident about carrying what I need to.
I’ve got most of the gear in my pack now… added some water bottles to make up for the food weight that isn’t (of course) packed yet
I am going to have a VERY weird food collection.
Currently trying to decide how I can fit a loaf of sourdough bread in…
I’ve only got one actual dinner like meal.
The rest is going to be… snacky.
I’ll take a photo before I head out so you can laugh at me.
The plum tree is so pretty right now!!
Anyways, Basket weaving class in the morning so I better go get my beauty sleep!
Hope you are all having a fabulous week!
Cheers!
The views from Fossil Bluff are dreamy! You’re lucky to have such a beautiful place to hike. While your side of the world turns to spring, we’re turning to fall. The leaves are hinting of the colors to come and some are already falling. The pines are doing their thing and my allergies are kicking up. It’s starting to cool some in the evenings for the walk on the farm.
When you hike, what do you do about water? Do you use a filtration device? We don’t go on long hikes, so carry the water we need. Have fun on your long hike.
Hi Pj! Yes… really lucky to have that spot to hike practically on our doorstep! Autumn is so pretty! Hope your allergies clear up. I am enjoying seeing things start up again.
Re water. Up in the mountain areas we generally fill the water bottles directly from the running water – some of the cleanest in the world so we don’t often filter. However, we do have a ‘Sawyer Mini’ which is a small bladder attached to a filter, so we can fill that and squeeze the water out into our drinking bottles via the filter. It doesn’t take long and its quite light to carry.
Around here we just carry the litre or so that we’d need for the shorter walks.
Have a lovely week!