Quite the beautiful afternoon!
On occasions the sun would slip behind clouds and the wind would be quite chilly.
Yesterday Jeff and I got into the car port and dragged in all the remaining fence palings, pulled out nails and cut into usable sections. That frees up the trailer finally as we really need to make a tip run soon!
Today we sat down and split up a number of the pieces to fill the kindling box at the back door.
I started cleaning up around the yard. I am such a messer!! Just little things here and there that really – shouldn’t be!
I spent some time sorting out the netting that should have been done looooong ago
I actually cut off the edges of the raspberry netting to salvage the rest. Next season I am determined to put in a better system for this. The grass grows into the netting and… well… it just gets messy and awkward. I am thinking to surround the entire raspberry patch with a low wooden fence (probably made out of pallet wood) so Jeff and mow and whippersnip up to the edge on the outside and I can cover and mulch to stop the weeds on the inside, then attach the netting to the fence instead of having it sit on the ground. This all makes perfect sense in my own head 😀
Garlic progress! A number of cloves from the first lot I planted have shot up!
Two of the cloves from the recent planting popped out of the ground??
And the cabbage! I am seeing visions of Okonomiyaki and Yakisoba in my future!! (Japanese dishes that I love)
I found some potting mix so made a start on putting some oregano into pots as well as trying out some garlic. If they go well they will be a nice addition to my stall in spring where I am hoping to have a lot more seedlings for sale this year. (Yes I will do more than this)
In very exciting gardening news, I picked and ate my first spear of asparagus ever!! Actually I don’t think I have ever eaten fresh asparagus! I have no idea what I am doing with them yet… I just put them in and let them go.
Maybe in the upcoming season I will be able to make a side dish of some sort out of them!
Well… that was my Saturday!
How was yours?
Cheers!
Ahhhh . .. fresh asparagus. There is nothing better in Spring! Enjoy!
Karen
I hope there is a lot this coming spring!! Looking forward to it!
Sad when we moved, leaving the asparagus behind. One thing that I learned growing it is that if you “miss” picking a stalk, and it has grown too big; the side pieces are also harvestable, for raw consumption. Pick the lower sticks. When the stalk fully develops, what you have done is to trim the lower part, making weeding through the summer that much easier.
Thank-you for the info! I am looking forward to hopefully getting good amounts off these plants. I very much enjoyed eating that one I picked! I’ll have to go down and look for more! I can imagine it would have been sad leaving yours behind since they take so long to establish!