Sadly I had to take my sister back to the airport this morning. We had such a fabulous week of catching up and doing things. And I was very proud of the Tasmanian Weather for being extremely nice to us for the whole time!
Unfortunately Rosemary’s flights got quite delayed this morning due to fog in Melbourne so she was really late home today.
I wasn’t going to do anything… but then felt guilty so I went into the hothouse and started ripping out dead stuff and weeds and trying to make it look happy again
There were dead tomato plants and mostly dead cucumber plants. (and did I mention weeds??)
It took ages to untangle things!
Mad
I left a few strands of cucumber vines that looked like they were reshooting at the end. There are flowers so we might be lucky to get a few more cucumbers off them now that they can breathe and all the dead manky stuff is gone.
I think the capsicum will be happier too as they were being smothered
The later self seeded tomatoes are starting to produce fruit so it will be interesting how long into the autumn and winter we get tomatoes this year!
Yesterday Rosemary motivated me to tie up the tomatoes that were taking over the back veranda. She was probably tired of falling over them!
Still.. they are better off tied up. It was just a ‘gunna’ job that I hadn’t gotten to yet.
Both of these self seeded plants have been steadily producing fruit
And more to come
Impressive really, considering we are over halfway through autumn!
The chooks are still being slack! Between two and four eggs a day from eleven chickens is a poor effort!! I threaten them with being involved in casseroles, but they give me that disbelieving chook-look then ignore me.
Anyway, I am going to attempt an earlier night – Jeff was asking before he went to work about which mountain we were going to climb next!!
Cheers!
Lisa, I love your blog and really look forward to your posts and pictures. I found you through Mavis whose blog I also read faithfully.
I live in Tennessee now which is the Southeastern USA. I’m too sick to do much in the way of gardening but my sister is visiting me and Daddy here and has planted tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, zucchini’s, onions and several herbs. She put them in a location close to the front porch so that it won’t be much effort for me or Daddy to get out there and pick what needs to be picked. Daddy has a small greenhouse near the house and if I were able to, I’d get it cleaned out and ready for plants later. It’s awful to get old and sick but I can live vicariously through you and Mavis and see all you plants and animals. Mavis just got a few more chicks for Lucy to raise. LOL
I just wanted to let you know that you are putting a smile on someone’s face. I feel like I know you and I bet we would enjoy talking together over a cuppa if that were possible.
Hello Kathy!
Thank-you for such a lovely message – I read that out to Jeff and it really put a smile on our faces too! So glad you are enjoying the stories and photos so much!
Its fantastic that you have family helping you out and making sure you have some good garden veggies happening close to the house – so convenient! And its so hard to go back to bought fruit and vegetables when you are used to the goodness (and taste!) of your own!
Mavis’s blog is so much fun to read! She always has so much going on! I was delighted to see she got some chickens again!
I am sure we would have a fab time chatting over a cuppa!! 🙂 But for time and money, it would be great to extend my trip to the US and visit a lot more people! I love the connections I have made via this blog and facebook. Despite the real miles, the internet seems to have made the world a closer place.
Take care 🙂
Loving that you are still getting vegetables on into your autumn. I picked my first strawberry yesterday with many more to come. I have volunteer lettuces in the garden to eat. There are still some carrots to pull and some parsnips. The garlic is doing well as is the little clump of chives. I planted more carrots, parsnips and lots of herbs for the coming season. The tomato seeds I planted did absolutely nothing so will have to buy some plants and wait on volunteers to come up. Flowers are blooming everywhere right now. I have iris and roses going full force. The hydrangeas are putting out and will bloom next month. The lilies are coming up and will bloom in June. Love this time of year except for the pollen – all of us have yellow vehicles! Thanks for all of the pictures you post.
Hi Beverly! The first strawberry is the most exciting! What a shame about the tomato seeds! Until this last season… that was me always – no tomatoes from seed survived! Do you call self seeded volunteer? I had insane amounts of tomatoes popping up by themselves this season!
Your garden would be so amazing right now with all the spring flowers! I am enjoying our autumn but still a wee bit envious of all of you who are starting their season new!!
Good morning Lisa, your hot house looks great, good work! Are you and Jeff thinking of doing any hiking while you’re in Japan? Or what about during your trip to Texas?
Hi Amy! Thanks – it was good to get some of that tangle sorted!
And yes and yes 🙂
When in the US I am sure I will be doing lots of walking with my friends and the big thing planned is hiking at the Grand Canyon (seriously cannot wait)
We are also going to be looking at options in Japan to do a few walks/hikes after my parents leave. We will have about 2 weeks up our sleeve left so keen to do something!