Hello – I’d just like to start this post with a very big thank-you to so many of you who dropped me a line with kind words of sympathy for our little Squirt… They were very much appreciated. I haven’t done my usual thing of answering every note as there is only so much time I can spend on thinking of her before the waterworks start again.
All your messages were so lovely!
Jeff got a lot of lovely messages via a Chicken Page he is part of and as some of you also pointed out, it was a situation that others were unaware of, so hopefully by sharing our little tragedy, others may avoid it.
I meant to write a blog last night, but the weather was howling and miserable (bit like me really!!) and we lost power – so I sat up with my head torch knitting & reading.
I picked up some asparagus crowns… only three because at $7 each I was almost in cardiac arrest!! I have never had asparagus before. I am told you need patience but they then last forever!
I am also told they can run a bit so I thought they could make a home in my round raised garden bed.
They look a bit lonely!
Two days ago – I was pleased to see green specks in here that are my baby lettuce.
Today they have gone even crazier!
I also planted some rocket today – I never have gotten around to putting it in the garden before so I thought it was high time to get onto it!
I also brought my potting table back into the hothouse. I have found if the pots of new seedlings are up off the ground, less chance of being found by slugs and snails.
This was the barrel that the kelp juice was in… This was completely empty two days ago and has now filled up on just roof runoff – no guttering. So we really have had a fair bit of rain in the last short while!
I am pleased with my garlic. Seems most of the regular garlic has taken hold and the purple garlic really looks great
Other little signs of spring are appearing everywhere
It has been quite cold – more rain than not, although we get brief spurts of sunshine which is nice. Not good weather to really get into a decent garden job. Forecast is for some pretty wild and woolly weather this week!
I see more cooking and more photo processing coming my way!
Cheers
Spring already? Didn’t your winter just start?
18 days to go!! I know! Winter zoomed by!
Oh asparagus! We love it. Put in a few roots and waited two years before we could really harvest it. Still, it was a rare occasion when they made it from the garden to the house!
The plants don’t like fighting for space with weeds, so mulch, mulch and mulch. We learned that when the frond was growing too big to harvest, the side pieces off the stem could also be snapped off and popped into the mouth. Yummy! Be patient and you will be rewarded with wonderful food.
I have heard that its really hard to actually get it from the garden to the kitchen! lol
Thank-you for the advice! I am a big fan of mulch, but wasn’t sure when to start – at least in this garden bed, walking by and pulling out errant weeds will be easy! I have never even seen asparagus grow so I can’t wait to see its development! (patience patience)
Know I have some pics of our asparagus growing. Will share with you in a bit. Currently playing catch up with laundry.
Great! Have ‘fun’ with the laundry! Look forward to it !!