Hello! How is everyone?
Things seem to be going along slowly – I don’t think I have done much that has been interesting really. Lots of mundane stuff like shopping & banking & sorting insurance. Blah.
I did get a bit of Ā a wander in the garden later today. It rained pretty much all day, which I am sure was hugely appreciated by the garden!
I found 4 beans!
So I ate them raw as I did a garden inspection
Each time I have been in the garden I have been searching for signs of life in my apple cucumber plants. Nothing nothing nothing. Lots of flowers, no fruit.
Then suddenly today (probably by magic) I found these!
The beetroot I transplanted into the lettuce garden have all perked up nicely and are looking very promising!
The lot that I transplanted last week look a bit woebegone, but I am seeing new leaves appear so I am suspecting that they may take hold.
I wonder how many tomato plants I have in the garden?? I guesstimate about 60. That’s just silly.
The cucumbers in the hothouse are mad. Totally mad. I am going to have to get in there and try to tame and train them.
Despite the cucumbers crowding them, the heirloom capsicum are doing nicely
Yesterday we bought 3kg’s of cherries. Jeff especially loves them – but most I will cook up and puree to make into cherry ice cream. I have prepared the first half of the process today. Hopefully tomorrow I will finish the job.
These were purchased from a place quite some way away from us. Our local cherry farm produced no cherries at all this year!! How sad is that? I rang them up and the lady told me that the season was too cold for the bees. They finally got some blossoms and then of course the wind got up and blew them all off!! š How sad for them!!
Anyway – that’s all from me. Almost bedtime. Got to resist the fresh baked bread I can smell wafting in here! mmmmmm
Have a great week!
Cheers
Hello! I look forward to your posts each morning. I think you upload posts and head to bed right when I get going and check in on things online. I haven’t commented yet, but I thought I might this morning.
I hope your cherry farming neighbors will be OK without the revenue from this year’s cherry crop. I keep honeybees myself, and so much completely out of my control has a big (sometimes fatal) impact on the hives. Once I began keeping bees, it was easy to see why this species’s survival is in need of our concern and assistance.
Hi Lee! Thanks for writing! And yes you are right – I am a night owl so generally I am putting a post together before I head off to bed!
How wonderful that you keep bees! Bees are starting to get a little more attention but its amazing how much we depend on them and so many don’t really realise it!
I am hoping to get some hives on our property – they belong to a friend who will manage them but we can learn – plus have the advantage of on-site bees and a little honey too! Still – that might be a little way in the future yet!
Lovely to hear from you and I am glad you are enjoying the Tassie Adventures! š
Your veggies look amazing and quite delicious!
Thanks Lynn! I love browsing/grazing in my garden!