Finally got around to juicing a good number of Ruby’s lemons. Will freeze for later use. Those, plus some oranges and other general scraps got put through the gee-whizzer to give to the worms. (Its not just the cat and chickens around here that get spoiled)
Breaking down the compost scraps has really moved the whole composting task along so well. I gave them a bit of a stir with the pitchfork and it looks so beautiful! (If rotting food, mud and worms could look beautiful, then I’ve nailed it!!)
I tried to take a photo of the wind for you today.
Probably not very successful.
But blah!! It was so uncomfortable outside – the wind was literally pushing me off balance out there. Funnily enough all those cups didn’t get blown into the next paddock – just a few other seedling covers had to be re positioned
I gave up later in the afternoon, came inside and indulged in playing my old X-Box!! Pitfall Harry – Intrepid Jungle Explorer! (We all have to have our little vices don’t we??)
Hope your weekend weather is much nicer than ours wherever you are!
Cheers!!
I’m sure you’ve mentioned this before, but what is your “Gee Whizzer”? A super-duper blender of some sort? Sounds like something I could use!
By the way, I love your blog & Facebook postings. I know it sounds trite, but you do inspire me on those days when I just can’t seem to bother ;o)
lol – I actually adopted the name from Ruby and Margie because it sounded funny. It really is just a little blender that ‘whizzes’ (chops) things about & up. To be honest I probably need to upgrade, but since it isn’t broken… 🙂 Really – it is one of the most useful things in the kitchen, even tho its just small.
Thank-you for your kind words! So glad you enjoy the stories from Tasmania. With luck our weather will behave a little better so I can make use of the great outdoors a little more this week! 🙂 Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
We’re hitting record high temperatures here in Iowa, so I still have tomatoes growing & even blossoming! I’m Canadian & the only other large garden I ever had was in Northern Alberta, so I’m loving this long season! Enjoy your weekend, too, and I’m happy to hear that I’m not the only one who likes to wind down with a little video gaming now & then ;o)
I was always told not to put lemons and orange skins in the compost as it was not good, so I was very surprised to see you using the lemon skins. All this time I have been wasting mine, from now on I will be using them. We in NZ are having a lot of rain and wind it make you feel worn out having to do garden work in the wind. I need some warm days so I can start removing more of the river stones from a patch of what I want to be flower gardens. Have a great week look forward to seeing your lovely gardens.
Actually I never really looked it up – I am still quite a novice in lots of ways. I just do stuff! lol Maybe I SHOULD look it up! I sometimes use the citrus to make cleaners, but so far what I have put in compost whizzed up has broken down and the worms are thriving…
Oh I am glad its not just me that finds working in the wind difficult! I thought I was just being a sook! haha
Today its raining quite solidly. Not sure what I will do yet. Maybe see if wordpress feels like uploading my photos today! 🙂 Hope we get some lovely weather soon! We are ready for it!!
(ps just looked up citrus in the compost. Apparently no worries. It hasn’t been popular because of the time taken to decompose. The site recommended cutting them up small… so it looks like I have been doing the right thing by accident!)
Well thats great no more waste from me lemon is on the menu for my worms lol, its raining on and off so outdoor work is not happening today. I did manage to get to new raised vegetable beds ready yesterday I used a compost I buy its called Zoo Doo composted waste from the zoo I also added some sheep pellets and a few coffee grinds so I am going to get some good crops well that’s the plan. I put a few bags of Zoo Doo in the flower garden they are loving it lots of new growth happening. The birds love to get in and fling it all over the place I have to sweep it back onto the garden after they have had their but of fun.
Zoo Doo!! Love it! Feeding your garden exotic poo!!
Its fun starting up new beds!
We have the off and on again rain too. Might just suck it up and go work in it anyway! 🙂 (Maybe)
Here in Upstate NY we continue to button things up for the coming winter. For the first time this year, I grew Swiss Chard, rainbow variety, like yours. Discovered my husband distinctly dislikes it, so just grew it for the pretty colors. Twas a nice day, so was able to get more outside work done. Was surprised to see that the red was still in full glory. But the yellow and white plants had all been cropped – deer! Was planning on harvesting them for my son’s chicken and ducks.
lol re the chard!! It really is pretty, but we don’t eat it either! But it meant our chooks got fresh greens all through winter. Interesting that the deer didn’t eat the red variety! Do you generally pick the whole thing or just the leaves? I was surprised that these plants lasted a year in the ground just producing leaves as I picked them! (We don’t get snow, so that helps keep them not-dead)
Sad to say goodbye to your garden for the year. Do you get snow in your area?