Hi – I didn’t actually take photos of me hauling wood about but… feeling it. 🙂
Probably a lot to do with the sleep I didn’t get 😀
Cousin Jeff rang and wanted to know if we’d sell some of our macrocarpa to his brother!
Sure! No worries!
So I moved a lot of it up to the driveway before they got in, just to look keen.
Anyway.. above – the experimental winter hothouse potatoes in their bottomless pot.
These ones were growing up nicely so topped up with some compost.
I saw a neat home made chook feeder that I wanted to try out.
I didn’t have the right drill bit to get a nice hole in the bottom of the bucket but it did an ok job.
The eye bolt goes into the bucket and the bottom screwed into a toggle of wood.
I made a makeshift hanging pole and tested it on the girls
I had to fiddle about a bit to get the right height etc, but the girls are getting the hang of it pretty quickly.
They peck at the toggle or bump it and more grain drops out. Plus they spend time pecking up all the bits rather than leaving so much for the sparrows
I’ll let you know how it goes 🙂
The weather was rather lovely – so I cleared up another couple of plots while I was in an ‘outside mood’.
Both plots I’ve put some more cow-poo-straw in and topped with dry or conditioned straw. They can just sit and be happy until spring (There are some not dead carrots under the cover)
The garlic is going along so nicely! Especially the purple shown here in the conventional plot and the straw bale
Even the white garlic is starting to show up
Sweet peas making their appearance!
The strawberry runners escaped!!
The main plot has been eaten right down by a pademelon or possum… The whole plot will need to be dug and filled and replanted – leaving that job until spring though
Happily I didn’t kill the borage plant I picked up ages ago! I am hoping it will self seed well.
The protea plant is looking lovely right now.
I love the way water sits on nasturtium leaves! I’ll have to get out there with the macro lens
And check out all the passionfruit I picked up yesterday!!!
I’ll really have to dig out the passionfruit butter recipe that my friend sent me and make it up!! Yum!
Hope you are all having a great week so far!
Cheers
(Pip is still living his best winter life!)
