That single spike of iris burst forth today! So lovely.
I wish I had of had the time to clear the area to give the other plants a chance. Oh well… can’t do it all!
We planned to at least dig the second potato patch and maybe get the raspberry netting up.
Got into the gardening clothes, put the sign and egg table out… and it – you guessed it! POURED!
And got cold.
Sigh.
On the upside, a fellow drove right in and bought eggs haha.
I ended up taking the table in early.
New plan.
Hothouse.
Tentacular the Passionfruit has started budding up. His tentacles are starting to reach out a bit too. Want to keep him firmly under control this season. I need LIGHT in the hothouse!
Because I am mad keen and determined to have an insane amount of basil this season so I can make tons of pesto… I keep buying whatever seedlings I find as well as the seeds I’ve planted.
I found a pot at one of the supermarkets of well established basil.
I decided best to leave them in a clump as they were so far along.
I moved the worm farm and popped the cucumber seedlings in the ground and brought in a new trellis for them. They were going nowhere in their pots.
I also planted some seeds – some new pumpkin seeds, (goldilocks??) chilli, thyme and some flowers – portulaca.
Tomato flowers!!
OK… this is what is happening to my strawberries in one of the new patches. I am ruling out over or under watering.
I am wondering if the straw is too close to the layer of the soil/mushroom compost mix and is either composting under there and burning them or leaching away some vital nutrient.
Never having had issues with strawberries before I am not sure. Perhaps a soil testing kit although I will be in trouble if that truckload of soil mix is dodgy!!
My patch of brown onion and leeks are looking really good!
I reckon it might be time to even use a few of the leeks for something!
Very excited to spy some pears making a start!!
After all the fussing about in the hothouse I came in and made a double batch of soap. I did more of the cedar/saffron fragrance because it was so nice. The new colour mix was great too (similar to last lot but slightly stronger I think)
Will be fun to unmould and cut tomorrow.
Hope your weekend has been fantastic!
Cheers!
(Our beautiful boy under the cherry blossoms!)
Why does Pip go out on a leash? In the area I live, we have coyote packs that will make a meal from a cat, so mine are indoor cats. Just wondering.
We trained him from a kitten to get used to the leash. When we first got him we lived in a busy suburb with a road that people just roared along. And Pip has no road sense.
When we moved here, even though we live more rural, we are right on the busy country highway – traffic would be unforgiving. He is indoors mostly but he loves to go out and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine – and sometimes on a good walk around the whole place. This way I feel safe – plus it doesn’t give him much of a chance to eat animals he shouldn’t. We’d be gutted if there was an accident. Wow – coyotes are certainly not something we have to think about – and a very good reason to have indoor cats!! đŸ™‚