My friend, Rachel, left in the morning and the day wasn’t too bad, so got back out into the garden this afternoon – in between rainfalls!
Time to clean up the raised garden bed that I had earmarked for tomatoes. The seeds from last seasons self seeded broccoli are going to be an ongoing thing – I saved some, but pulled up everything else and dug a bit of compost into the areas each tomato seedling was destined for.
The wind is still a bit unkind, so I didn’t bother with the seaweed mulch (would have been blown all over the paddocks behind us I reckon!) and covered them with some slightly redesigned ice-cream containers
My other heirloom tomatoes from seed are going along really nicely! I am thinking I may even have some success finally, with some tomatoes from seed!
At times I had to duck back into the hothouse and do a couple of tasks in there as the rain would pelt down for a short time, then switch itself off
I decided to uproot one of the broccoli that had gone to seed and give it to the chooks for a treat. I don’t mind leaving things like this flowering in the hothouse – attracts the bees.
Then I figured I should do something about my bean patch
I had to weed out the twitch from among last seasons bean plants. Twitch is so annoying. Its so long and ropey and gets in between other plants which makes it really had to pull up without digging up the entire plot
I added in some topsoil that we dug out the other day, as well as a couple of buckets of my home made compost (and a ton of worms)
Now they just have to grow like crazy and climb up and over my arch!
More flowers are showing up, although the iris are taking their time about blooming!
Hope you have had a fabulous day!
Cheers!
Here in Michigan, USA we are in fall heading towards winter. The garden is being tucked away and we’re trying to prepare ourselves for snow and cold. It’s great following your garden adventures and dreaming of spring coming our way again. Your pictures are so inspiring.
Hi Pam!! It is fun following friends/blogs that are seasonally opposite to ourselves! I have the same feeling about it! I love looking at all the autumn colours! How much snow do you get where you are? We rarely get snow here – which I am not unhappy about. I think I enjoy visiting it, but don’t need it in the backyard all winter! 🙂 Glad you enjoy the photos!!
I feel so lazy right now after seeing all your work. Love your beautiful flower pics!
lol – it was good to get back out into it!! And yes – I am very much enjoying the colours that are appearing!
Do you soak your beans before planting?
That Iris is stunning! And I’ve never seen a blueberry flower, the shape looks like a bell
Sometimes – if I am organised – I soak them. Not this time tho! They will just have to do their thing in normal time. A couple of Iris bloomed today – photos upcoming! They really are lovely!
I had never seen a blueberry flower either before moving here and planting a couple of bushes – they are really sweet!