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I am feeling pretty creaky tonight! We have done a lot of digging today!
Absolutely superb sunny warm day so Jeff, Mana and myself spent quite a few hours today in the vegetable garden for a much needed makeover.
This is pretty much what the patch looked like before – lots of straggling end of season plants and a host of weeds
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So on with the gardening clothes and hats
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The chooks were hanging out close by waiting for worms and other treats
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This strip was where my potatoes were this last season. I am going to prepare this area for garlic. Since it will go in in June, I’ll leave the dahlias in there to enjoy them a little longer.
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Seeing some progress!
Still pulling up lovely fat carrots
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I have a few self seeded leeks – this one was put in the soup tonight!
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I love marigolds scattered about the garden. So cheerful (and useful)
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Check out that yummy red soil!
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My next step is to sow a few of the areas with wheat, let it grow up a bit (hope its still warm enough for it to germinate) then dig it back in as green manure and cover with seaweed – which slows the weeds down a bit.
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Can’t help having a little bit of a barefoot wallow in the dirt.
No matter how carefully I dig the potatoes – there are always a lot missed! The purple ones that look like cat-poo are pretty cool. They have a fabulous purple colour right through – but taste very normal potatoish. I am actually trying to get rid of them all. They are just a bit time consuming to clean because of their shape and size. I prefer working with the nice big Dutch Cream potatoes. mmmmm.
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Not a bad lot of produce for the day!
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Excuse me while I faceplant my bed
Cheers
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