Well – I was a little bit excited to sell my first bit of garden produce today. I was late strolling down to the markets, but my lovely friend Maureen said she would take some of my lettuce to try to sell.
Basically by the time I walked up past the stalls, chatted to a few people and wandered back, 5 out of 6 were gone! She sold the last one as she was packing up!!
So there! $12 more dollars towards my Texas Fund (Which is now well over $400 so I am pretty happy about that!)
It was a lovely day out at the markets.
Back home I scored a bit of free mulch. Some leftover silage from the paddock behind us.
The chap who manages these paddocks is getting them cut for hay in the next few days, but needed this last bit of silage gone. We obliged. It will make a start while we wait for seaweed. The weeds in this should be minimal as they have been wrapped up and the heat generally cooks the seeds. Anyway… can’t be worse than my current weedy patches! 🙂
So – I had a little project this afternoon to do. It needed some specialised equipment, pictured below.
I’ll leave you with that bit of weirdness and let you know tomorrow night what it was all about 🙂
Look what I discovered in the hothouse! Baby cucumbers!
It was a good Sunday, and what better way to end the afternoon, than by making a strawberry milkshake with fresh picked strawberries!!
Cheers!
Your garden is sooo beautiful with the everything going on! Love the carrot flower… it reminds me of queen Anne’s lace. It brings a smile to me today for we just recieved our first snow in Iowa. But the snow is truly beautiful in it’s own ways. Dreaming of the spring gardens & dirty muddy hands here.
Hi Stephanie – thank-you. Gardens really give us a lot of pleasure! I can imagine how pretty the snow is… and nice to snuggle up inside when its on your doorstep!
We had a lot of rain last night and all the outdoor plants really enjoyed it!
Well done on adding funds to your travel plans! Baby cukes are precious, but keep an eye on them because they love rain and can grow overnight to big pithy fruits
lol – yes, they are sneaky too – a few hid from me last season and by the time I found them they were enormous!!