First day back and Cousin Jeff drops off a load of firewood – the last bit he has available!
Yay. (With a small eye roll)
Since the rain has been coming and going I wanted to get this undercover ASAP
I moved the remaining wood up to the back veranda, cleared the rubbish and got stacking.
Between that and the dry Macrocarpa… hope that lasts us the rest of the season!!
Next… an important task had to be attended to. Some birds have decided that nipping off the garlic and onion stalks is all kinds of fun!
Not. Pleased.
I know it wasn’t my darling chooks because they would have dug the whole plot up too.
I decided to net the plots at least until they all reach a good size.
I’ve never had to net garlic before!!
Even the Duck Yard Garden had some damage
They are all mostly at a size where I can mulch them. Will schedule a beach trip sometime to see if there is seaweed being washed up.
So… the asparagus has been in for a couple of seasons now. Time for it to step up and do its thing.
Cut it all back and mulched it. Really hoping for some action this spring.
Next. Coffee. I had two bins worth… chucked them all in around the logs in one of the new raised beds.
Jeff trimmed the cognata trees back and I thought their lovely small leafy branches would be a great addition too!
This one is not far off being ready for compost and soil!
I went the total hack on the snowball bushes!! I know zip about pruning.
They were a bit out of control – hopefully they will recover in spring.
All the sticks I will run through the chipper – when I get a nice day and recover from today haha
My rhubarb is beginning to unfold again!
And I am pretty sure I am giving up on the brassicas this year. The cabbage have been in the ground 4 months and not even thinking of developing hearts!! Same timing as last year so I should have been picking them by now!
The chooks will be pleased.
I ate one measly sprig of broccoli tonight (tasted nice, but… volume wise, not impressive)
And I have one manky cauliflower.
It will all come out (eventually) and I’ll prep the bed and plant corn there later in the year.
I decided to pull up the last of the carrots! They have done so insanely well – remember they got planted last October!!
I think I will put this seasons carrots into the other end of this plot where the beetroot currently is. I know its not idea putting root crops following root crops… but I like living on the edge 😀
I washed, peeled and chopped the lot and put them in the crisper. They’ll keep for ages like that and will probably give some to Ruby & co.
No shortage of parsley
My new flower bed of iris and tulips needs a weed and a mulch but everything is up…. I have high hopes.
My hothouse potatoes are doing nicely.
I am also getting a good lot of worm wee.
The chooks finally discovered the lettuce in the strawbale garden (yah – haven’t done that wing clipping yet) so my last remaining lettuce is in the hothouse and looking fine!
Well… thats the day and garden round up! I certainly am feeling it every time I get up and try to hobble somewhere haha.
Old Lady.
I loved every second!
Hope your week has started well too!
Cheers!
