Hello!
Sunday and my fellow was back at the markets today so I was able to pick up some straw at long last! Barry even dropped them off for me so hows that for service?? They are really heavy and tightly tied.
I am actually keen to try out some straw bale gardening, so will use three of these to make a start… maybe put them in position tomorrow? I figured down along the inside of the new fence would be a good place.
Added bonus would be thwarting chooks who are doing their best to dig underneath!
After the market I dropped in on Ruby and Margie to do a quick show and tell on all the lovely things I got from my raffle prize. Happily they have also taken the cushioned kneel aide too!
I made a good start on using all that seaweed we picked up the other day!
First around these two tomato plants.
The good thing when you are fussing about and fine tuning your garden, you tend to pick up on the ‘problems’ and sort them out. The white cabbage moths are fluttering about – I have found a few grubs here and there but happily not too many in the grand scheme of things.
The Duck Yard Garden is a bit unkempt! My unruly tomatoes really needed some discipline! To be honest, despite lack of high end care, they are all growing rather well and I think nearly all of them are bearing fruit!
Much more orderly! I can step between them now and see what I’ve got! I cleaned up a little around the pumpkins too.
I got rained on a lot but it wasn’t too cold.
I found two plants with these tomatoes on them I don’t recognise them at all!! Most of the plants in here are self seeded. So I would assume to see tomatoes that I have had before.
They are stripey at the top and very pale below… and grape shaped! Looking forward to trying them when they are ready!
Megumi came down and helped weed and mulch as well. She quit when it rained but went up inside to cut up those beetroot and we have made another batch of pickled beetroot tonight!
This is looking neater!! I’ve almost used up all the collected seaweed!! I really should sort out the hothouse and use the rest of the mulch in there. Maybe I should use the straw in the hothouse though… good to dig back in as mulch. The seaweed grass hasn’t got as many nutrients as the kelp.
hmmm
Still staring at my potatoes – longing to go digging frantically in here! 😀
I am glad I didn’t manage to dig up all the dahlia bulbs!!
Anyway, not a bad days work.
It was rather nice to come in to a cup of hot choc and a bit of that vanilla slice I made the other day!!
Hope your weekend was great too!
Cheers
Everything looks great as always Lisa!! Have you posted the vanilla slice recipe before? It looks really good!
Hi Mandy! Thanks!! Actually I am not sure that I have posted a recipe for that one. I’ll have to check back… if I can’t find it I will get around to posting it up sometime for you. Its not too hard to do and it tasted (way past tense haha) fabulous!
The vanilla slice does look good 🙂
The mystery tomato seeds could have come in on some compost or manure from elsewhere, or if you grew an F1 hybrid it might be a parent of that. Or you’ve just discovered a new variety!
I very much enjoyed the vanilla slice!! Going to have to make another one. I am keen to do the chocolate variation 😀 (You know, if you are going to be naughty and eat sweet stuff why not go all the way???)
There are two plants of that mystery tomato growing together. That whole plot is a mix of self seeded and ones I grew from seed. I’ll have to recheck the seeds to see if there was something like that in them but they don’t ring a bell yet! Never mind. I love garden surprises!