Well… this job I put off…
But its been hanging over my head as I really wanted them in the ground before we jetted off to Japan (Date coming up ridiculously fast)
But the weather has been… testy and I kept half heartedly having a random dig and not getting anywhere
Damn this was a pain. I dont enjoy sticky soil!
So it took an eon and I felt it in all my muscles!
I got through it then, scattered blood and bone in and dug it through for a second time. Finding more weeds I had missed of course!
At this point bending to put the spuds in was… fun. (Such a drama queen!)
I did add a handful of organic compost in each hole too.
Finished off with some straw mulch and today its being rained on… so nice timing!
I am going to be glad of getting this done come December!
Did I show you this?
Another of my Oh Dear garden issues haha
This was a while back. My friend Jaana gave me some lettuce seedlings that are doing well… we picked and ate some yesterday!
The other day I also managed to weed and mulch the garlic and do half of the other bed.
I plan to get some carrot and beetroot seeds in this other bed ASAP
I dont have a before shot of this, but just assume disaster level plot.
The soil level had sunk a lot so I topped it up with compost I got from Jude which really helped.
Then put the alpine strawberries in and replanted the regular ones in too
Ive also netted them as our little darlings have been allowed up the other end of the property in the afternoons and they have been enjoying getting into the beds and scruffing them up!
Speaking of the chooks, we invested in a bok bok box (treadle feeder)
We were feeding them in a tray and were losing so much to the sparrows and other birds. It was getting ridiculously expensive.
I found the hanging feeder bucket lid so I topped that up too and the girls went into training on how to operate the feeder
Coco and Mamma were the first ones to sort it out… overall they were all a bit… Slow! Haha. I think they’ve all got it sorted out and immediately we have noticed a difference in the frequency of restocking.
Every $$ helps these days right?
I still get to Judes mostly once a week. Happily she always seems to have something to burn! I am such a pyromaniac at heart so I am in my element. I do return home stinking though!
Worth it!
Always something pretty in her gardens!
Oh, and I’ve been enjoying making little baskets recently.
So satisfying to finish something in a week or so and not five months!
Very Wee!
I’ve booked Rachel and myself in for a bamboo basket weaving workshop in Japan (Sorry can’t remember if I’ve mentioned this) and I wanted to have some little flax basket to take for the instructor.
Then I made this one… with a bit of cordage embellishment
I got carried away and added a lid
For some weird reason I had a bunch of gumnuts… perfect for the bobble on top
And some random work on the underside to help it stop sliding off.
And some silvery gizmo just because…
OK… I better go consult my list and see what I need to be doing!
First up… light the fire as I can’t see it getting any warmer today!
xxx
You will enjoy your treadle feeder until the local animals figure out how to use it. There is a family of bunnies that know how to climb on and enjoy and of course the smarty racoons too.
Your baskets are amazing.
Thanks Tracy!!
lol… oh yes. I am positive the local possums would figure it out in a heartbeat. Luckily they are nocturnal and the feeder is in the lockable up part of the chook run. So they dont get free range at night.
Still a few mousie mouses – and I am sure a rat or three sneak in to get scraps!
I’ve never seen rabbits in or near the coop but how clever of them!! I will keep an eye out and make sure none are burrowing in! (I’d want to see that! Watching the chooks operate it is kinda cute but a bunny would be both adorable and annoying haha)
I think 90% of losses were birds. There were literally flocks flocking out of the run when I went near it in the daytime… now that they can’t get much I dont see many in there anymore!
Lisa, thanks for sharing your pictures. So nice to see your gardens being planted and pretty flowers. How smart of your chickens to figure out the feeder and hopefully your other little pet critters won’t. Love your tiny baskets…you are just so clever!
xo
We’ve had a drought all summer… happy I didn’t plant a garden this year and Hubs only had to mow about once a month. It’s been so dry, we are under a burning band.
I love your little basket and lid. The instructor will be so surprised to receive such a lovely gift. Can’t wait to hear of your adventures in Japan this time!