The Sun Returns

Hi!!
What a beautiful day! T-shirt weather and a hat too! Even did some laundry!
I put the eggs out front early but sadly… again no-one stopped!!

So…. what first?
The next strawberry patch since I went up to Sharons yesterday and collected all her excess plants.

Several trips to the soil pile later… and I have the bed ready

My snoopervisor wasn’t taking all that much interest in my activities! Lazy Pip!

Such a warm day – so a good idea to put some seeds in. The herb spiral needed to be planted out.

Some seeds and some seedlings. It all looks rather underwhelming but I hope it all grows successfully and in time looks amazing.

A bit of a layout of where I have put stuff…

My rhubarb really is a thriving plant!

One hundred and twelve corn seeds planted. (According to the row layout anyway)
Do you think its enough? 😀

Then I wanted to plant my edamame soybeans – and made this cool trellis only to actually do some research AFTER I planted and it seems they don’t need a climbing frame.
Oh well… looks cute.

I unmoulded my espresso soap – I did a double batch. The moulds had the ground coffee bean scrub – they look good but I didn’t take a snap.
I also made a loaf of espresso soap sans scrub and cut it today.
Loved the results

Before quitting for the day I did an all around watering – the seeds needed watering in and the new plants.
Also after dark when I locked the chooks up I went on a bit of a slug raid. My snow peas were getting munched on too much.
I did a lot of slug smashing. Bleaurgh.

Anyway, its a mild night… I didn’t even put the fire on!! I am coping but I don’t think Pip is, who is currently swaddled up in a rug on my lap.

Enjoy the new week!
Cheers

Author: Lisa

A happy traveller through life! Right now living in NW Tasmania with a gorgeous Nurse-Husband, a fool of a Siamese Cat and several chickens. We love our fairly simple lifestyle of growing a lot of what we eat and enjoying the stunning surrounds of our little patch.

2 thoughts on “The Sun Returns”

  1. Love your soap!! Wish I lived closer!!
    Do you have any good recipes for rhubarb? I have one plant but never really do anything with the stalks. It’s a pretty plant to look at though!

    1. Hi Teri! Thanks heaps re soap… Its after dinner and a bit late now but I have everything prepped to do another batch! (supply order arrived so can’t wait to try new stuff)
      I am in the same boat as you re the rhubarb – love it but not something I am used to cooking with. I’ll put up the crumble recipe soon that I did the other day. Still enjoying that. I did make raspberry/rhubarb jam and that was lovely. I am going to search for a good rhubarb relish recipe and give that a go – so I will keep you posted when I do!

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