Saffron!

Hello!
I was lucky enough to be given some saffron bulbs – corms? – a while back.
Suddenly they were sprouting in my seed drawer so I popped them in some water and had to think about getting a spot ready!

I wanted to go and get one big pot for this area… but its still a bit dodgy going out if we really don’t need to, so I’ve put together a few of the pots we had.

A mix of potting soil from the supermarket, my cow-poo-straw and the leaf compost

The leaf compost has turned out amazing for absolutely really no effort!

I didn’t have quite enough so I filled one of the pots halfway with some straw. Turns out I didn’t need the three pots. Oh well… will have to think of something else to pop in there. Some other small and pretty bulb maybe.

Pip was MOST interested in the straw… must be lots of mice living in it.

I decided to pick the butternut pumpkins… I actually don’t think they are quite ready but its pretty cold and the vines are all but dead. Overall there just wasn’t enough summer.

I’ll leave them for a while inside – hoping they might just finish off in the warm.

Collecting wood… those chooks are like fleas! Hard to get rid of haha

They literally get under my feet when I am in their part of the yard!

Or helpfully sitting on the wood I am moving

Heave-ho!

Spent a short time tackling the weeds in here. They weren’t too bad, just better to do it now before they got out of control.

I re-mulched then re-netted. The cabbage moth is done but I saw some possum poo in the garden so don’t want to make things too easy for them!
They are getting a little eaten by slugs but nothing devastating. One of these nights I’ll pop out and do a collection to slow them up.

Another couple of ticks off my list 🙂
Motivation is still… hard to come by. Aaaand perhaps calling the doc to get an updated B12 injection?? Reckon I might be due!
Then, look out garden!!!

Cheers!