Clearly I have not hurt myself in the garden by overdoing it haha
Poor potatoes
The weather hasn’t been kind, so with that and madly having to get my Christmas soaps done and dusted to cure in time… I’ve not done heaps in the yard
This was a Dodgy Brothers weeding job… mostly hoed stuff up to upset it, ripped out handfuls then just smothered it with the straw.
Today the potatoes are popping up through the straw nicely already!
Little wisteria by the chook run is looking sweet
Then the other day it was on to the raised beds by the back veranda…
ummm…
No real convincing excuses for this tragedy
And this travesty
Even Pip was judging me…
Time to get into the dirt properly
I dug up a squillion cape gooseberry plants. Took a bucket full down to Farm it Forward Tasmania where I do my workshops and basketweaving etc and we put them out the front for people to help themselves.
Lots better. The straw should keep any recurring weeds down until I decide what to plant (Salad greens most likely)
Pip’s creative Siamese Knot tying skills…
We’ve had three sunny days in a row!!! I am really hoping it will continue!
Jeff got out and did a huge effort with the lawns (out the front was pretty bad)
Between weather and work he hadn’t gotten back to them and at this time of year… things grow fast!
Meanwhile I thought I would be a clever clogs and stack all the wood that Cousin Jeff dropped off.
Looking back I think this was a bit ambitious for one days work…
First stacked wall…
I started the third wall… but had to quit as I was getting pretty sore!
I took a break and weeded, fed, mulched and netted one of the strawberry patches, came back and did another couple of barrows but then gave up. There really isn’t much to go and I was miffed to not finish it off, but I needed to be able to walk and stand upright today.
Body still hates me today haha
So… in other exciting news, I went into town with my friend & Market Buddy Maureen last week and spent a good portion of my saved Soap Money.
What did I buy I hear you ask??
Well, since you asked… I bought tickets to go to Japan!!
(I haven’t rung and told my parents all about it yet… so cue phone call in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,… haha)(Yes I’ll call them tomorrow and regale them with the details!)
I had wanted to take Margie with me to Japan since she has never been out of the country – but she has only just moved back in to her renovated home that is AMAZING, but took forever and of course went over budget. I don’t think I’ll pry her out of the place for about 12 months š
It had always been a dream of Maureen’s to go so we have been working at our markets with the goal to save and go.
Then covid happened. Then Maureen got breast cancer – so she had a long recovery road… and has done incredibly well.
So finally, she is well, Japan opened its borders again and I lucked out on some fabulous accommodation so we dashed off and secured our tickets!
We are booked to go next April, hopefully in the right time for cherry blossoms!
Looking forward to it hugely!
Poor Jeff and Pip have to stay behind although Jeff and I are planning to return later next year and incorporate a lot of hiking into the trip
I love being able to plan again!!
Anyway… thats all from me!
I had a soap workshop today so right now I am feeling a bit tired!
Hope your weekends were fabulous
Cheers!
