Hello!
I’ve been trying to work in a lower gear setting this week.
Its kinda working 🙂
I got out into the garden between rainstorms and collected a few seeds.
The runner beans are great – I didn’t plant any but they always pop up. Easy to get some new seed too
The silverbeet (chard) is also doing its thing but a while to wait yet.
Never having grown rocket before I am a bit astounded how big they get when flowering and the million seeds they produce. I should be sensible and rip them all out bar one.
I reckon I’ll have rocket sprouting everywhere next season!
Soon I won’t actually have to plant anything since so much just springs up now of its own accord!
Hey! I finally found an eggplant!!! Oh dear. I think I can admit defeat here and just pull up all my eggplant plants. Never mind.
The lettuce look a lot better since my midnight slug raid. I should go back for another go but now the weather is so much colder at night and I am way too comfy inside in front of my fire!
I left the snow peas a bit long – I am sure a lot of the pods have sprung open and distributed the seeds.
Still.. I got a reasonable amount. (More than in the photo)
I still have plenty of carrots. I have failed to get around to put in new seed and its probably too late.
I pulled up a bunch of creatively shaped ones yesterday!
I did enjoy spending time watching the bees and butterflies visiting the marigolds. They were very busy in the sunshine!
In other news, the bank paperwork is underway and I have been in touch with the ‘tree guy’
We might be making a start within the next week or so!
Better get my fill of slowing down before we have to tackle the tree clean up!!
Cheers!
Morning Lisa, have you ever tried putting broken eggshells around ? I don’t think the slugs like them. For my hostas I also sprinkled a mix of used coffee grounds and salt, that really worked. Love your blog posts, Tasmania is so pretty 💐 Thank you for blogging.
Hi Shirley! I did try the eggshells once to no avail… but I do think I used the wrong thing… I had almost powdered them where I think they should have been more crunchy lol
Thanks so much and glad you enjoy our beautiful Tassie!!
I like that you shared the eggplant situation. You grow such a lovely garden, it would be easy to think that everything you plant comes out wonderful, but it’s nice to know you’re like everyone else with the occasional garden disaster.
You make a really good point! I should get out there and photograph the general disaster my garden looks at the moment!! Since I have lacked so much time in the past year, I’ve gotten the food ok but no points for style and neatness haha. I do get focused (so to speak) on the pretty or the successful.
Its not raining today – reckon I should get out there and do something useful! 😀 Thanks heaps!