I think I should have taken a lot more flower photos today. A lot more. Cheerful ones. Note to self. Take a bunch tomorrow. 🙂
Anyway, today we got a job done that I have been wanting to do for ages… put the shade cloth back up at the front of the vegie patch to give the plants a bit of relief from the wind.
Today we cut the shade cloth into sections so we could pull it taut better instead of one long length which we have done in the past.
On advice from a cousin a while back, when we attach plastic sheeting or shade cloth to something (or anything similar) we use polypipe and wide headed screws to fasten the whole thing.
We attached the plastic to the hothouse about 4 years ago in the same way and never had a problem with it. At first I thought we would use thin strips of wood and nail in, but the polypipe better for a few reasons. It doesn’t rot like wood eventually would. Its cheap, and you can just cut the lengths with a knife as you go – so minimal waste. Really easy to handle (flexible!)
Yesterday I cleared out the weeds & tidied my herb garden!
I evicted many snails
More ticks off the list.
Wind is still constant, which is drying the soil out… used my sprinklers today and attached to the bore and gave everything a decent soaking.
We (mostly Jeff) did a lot of burning off today – lots of scraps and weeds
I did quite a few other odds and sods today – weeded at Ruby’s, started cleaning out the hothouse etc. We didn’t get inside until about 7.30pm tonight!! I think I am about ready for bed!
Hope your day was  a good one
Cheers
Your post is exactly what I needed to reset my priorities this morning after last night’s horrible news here in the USA.
Thank you for brightening up my morning! Planning for next year’s garden begins tonight ;o)
You are welcome. A garden is the perfect place to go to ignore politics for a while. I can’t say I am impressed by the new choice, but – thats the election process. Now we wait and see what happens. I think adding our own brand of kindness, thoughtfulness and beautiful food into the world will be the first positive things we can do. 🙂
”Tis madness, madness I say” our new president (in my opinion) is rude, crude and vulgar. We’re stuck with him. I apologize to the world leaders who have to deal with this ugly American
Rant over …have you ever tried clipping a wing on the chickens to keep them grounded? Or do they need to fly to roost?7
It has been a surprising week to say the least. I mentioned in my (personal) facebook post I hope the USA’s new president starts acting with a bit more decorum, decency & diplomacy than what we have seen in the past 18 months!
Re chickens. Yes – clipping a wing has been effective and we just haven’t gotten around to giving this naughty girl a quick trim! 🙂 They still manage to get up on the roost no worries.
Have a lovely day!