Hi… It was a reasonably nice day today so no excuses not to put the ratty old clothes on and get out and do a few garden things.
Potatoes were high on the list. I’d been putting it off as we need to clip some chook wings.
We haven’t done that task so hoping that Nihon doesn’t fly in and dig them up again!
(All pics are just dodgy snaps from my tablet)
The plot had been covered with straw for a few months.
Very few weeds had managed to get past it so that was good
I’d considered planting directly into the straw but in the end I decided to rake it off.
Probably a good idea. The underneath was pretty sodden…
A bit of fungi around too which I was pleased to see. I suppose lots of good stuff happening in the soil
Anyway, gave it a quick dig over and found some stakes to mark out my rows
Instead of digging through blood and bone and compost throughout the whole plot, this time I’ve just directly sprinkled a bit of the bnb into the holes with a handful of compost.
Best of luck little taters!
Next… removed netting from garlic (chook defence strategy) and got in and weeded.
Before and after pics give me such satisfaction!!
I also mulched them… using the potato patch mulch which I am leaving off the potatoes until things dry off a little bit.
Overall I think the garlic is looking ok
Next… Carrot patch.
Most are going to seed so it was time to just pull them out.
The ones that weren’t too bad I kept and will hand out at basket weaving and keep a couple for us.
The rest? The cows and compost I guess. Annoyed I didn’t get to them earlier but overall they’ve been used and shared a lot so can’t be too miffed at myself.
Above are the ‘good’ ones.
Below is the one that made me laugh the most (Because I am so grown up)
Oh well, whats a gardeners life without a few rude veggies?
I removed a colony of snails and gave them to the chickens. Dug through a bit of good stuff and now I have another plot ready for action.
See the nice little strawberry plants? I had gotten these as extras for the other strawberry patch but clearly not planted.
Below is what I found this morning.
Sob. Bloody possums!
I scooted him off the back veranda last night but never imagined he would eat all the strawberry leaves!!
So I spent the last part of my garden day netting the strawberry patch so he didn’t come back for seconds
I am sure these will come good but so annoying!!
Anyway, progress progress.
And I am taking my rather sore self off to bed
xx
