Hello!
Today I took Ruby to see the Doc – just a dressing change on her troublesome foot (not that it seems to slow her up much)
I stopped in for a cuppa & a chat, where we talked about our gardens and had a small whinge about the never ending wind! 😀
After our drinks, I said I was going to whip about the garden with my camera. Well, Ruby wasn’t going to let me go alone!! She practically bounced out of her chair, grabbed her walking stick and off we went.
All the essential plants are in – mostly.
Ruby has spent some time weeding and clearing out bits and pieces in the hothouse
This is the lettuce that she raids a couple of leaves off each night for a sandwich! Ruby likes to cook herself a lunch, then she has something light for dinner.
We have a couple of decent days coming up – may be able to get a few hours done in Ruby’s garden – take care of some weeds and plant out the zucchinis.
As I mentioned above, Ruby is really happy with her first lot of potatoes. She gets up here and runs a hoe through the rows now that they are big enough she can see well enough to know what she is doing.
The strawberries are starting to flower
The Christmas Peas are trundling along well
Everywhere you look there is colour and garden activity
Ruby said she was convinced she was going to lose the big Gilder Rose tree – the wind had it bent almost double!! But no, it hung on and there are even some flowers left.
Despite being 100 – Ruby still reckons that if you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. This bowl of flowers for example. There was another plant in it not so long ago. It got some disease and died. Ruby, afraid it might spread, decided it had to be emptied into the paddock compost straight away.
This is a heavy container full of dirt – but she managed to get the wheelbarrow around, then manhandled the pot into it, before emptying it up at the compost! Sometimes I am a little horrified that she just doesn’t ask me to do some of these things – I am in every other day!! She just grins and does what she wants!!
Have a lovely day everyone!
Cheers
I’m sure doing what she can keeps Ruby young at 100!
She said yesterday that her garden was pretty much her life! 🙂
Amazing Ruby! I love seeing both of you gardening and the beauty of spring down under We are getting ready for our first frost here in North Carolina over the weekend coming up. I have green tomatoes to pick and bring in to ripen. Keep sending those beautiful pictures of the flowers and yummy vegetables.
brrrrr – frost! Altho we still have a bit of a fire in the evenings! Last of your tomatoes!! 🙁 I’ll try to keep up with the garden shots for you to enjoy over your winter!
Love your wondeful photos of the gardens and the flowers but the most beautiful thing growing there is Ruby! That smile just dazzles…….. 🙂
Thank-you, and yes! Ruby is so photogenic!! She has such enthusiasm for her garden! I love that!
I love reading your blog posts and looking at the great photos.Ruby is amazing and I believe that keeping active is the best thing.
Thank-you 🙂 Yes – she really gets out there whenever she can to do what she is capable of. Really inspiring!
Wow, Ruby’s roses are beautiful! You go, girl!
She really is thrilled with her roses right now! I will have to go back with the camera when its not the middle of the day (harsh light) and get a collection of better photos for her.
Spring is looking lovely at Ruby’s. I sure hope I’m as spry as she is when I reach her age. I guess it’s true, move it or lose it
Keeping active – and you are totally keeping on the move! 🙂