Well… winter started today and it was a good one. Sun was out & I was working in the garden in a t-shirt again!
Since it just turned into June, I thought I should start to prepare my garlic patch. The rogue dahlias had finished so I could pull them up plus any spare potatoes that had started growing
Since garlic likes a more alkaline soil, I gave it a reasonable dusting of lime
Time to dig it all in
What fascinates me is the fact this plot has been dug over several times since digging up our potatoes. Not to mention wallowing about in the dirt sifting it through my fingers! How the hell did I miss these?
I have a good lot of dahlia tubers to relocate
My self seeded lettuce are half-heartedly growing!
I figured it was time to replant the broccoli that a certain chicken made a salad bar out of…
And no – the end result is not pretty. But I think it will do as a chook-deterrent until they can get established.
Picked what broccoli/broccolini I could see that was ready
Next task was the coop! I found half a bag of chopped hay, so I was able to half clean the coop. Scraping off all the poo and putting new hay in nesting boxes
Since I have plenty of herbs around the place, it doesn’t hurt to pick a bundle and chuck a bit in the nesting boxes and around the coop. Have no idea if its especially beneficial, but it makes the whole place smell a bit nicer – and I am sure the chickens appreciate the lengths I am willing to go to, to keep them happy!
I considered some of the curry-plant, then thought better of it!! 😀
Hope your day was great too!
Cheers
Hi Lisa, I so enjoy reading about life in Tasmania, you should work
for the tourism board. Also your photos are amazing. Just a quick
question, what do you use on Pip to tether him ? We have two indoor
cats and I thought it would be great to let them out sometimes.
Just reading your blog and seeing your photos makes me want to
visit, it seems like a beautiful, peaceful place. Please say hi to Ruby
from a “Canadian ” reader ” what an amazing women, you are so
blessed to have her in your life.
Hi Shirley! Thanks for writing and so glad you are enjoying the bits and pieces I post about our life in Tasmania.
I have a couple of harnesses for Pip (The black one is hiding somewhere.) I think they may have been harnesses for small dogs. The rope is one we have had forever – its reasonably light and really long. He does tie Siamese Knots in it and needs to be untangled a bit, but at least he can enjoy the outside without me worrying about ‘squash’. We also had him on a lead from a kitten. My other cat, who I put on a lead as an older cat simply fell down and acted like a tea-bag until the lead came off! lol – Siamese are so dramatic!
I hope you do make it to Tasmania one day! Although I know its a killer trip from Canada! It seems when we have visited family there, you just cant go any further around the world before you are actually starting to come back!!
I’ll say hello to Ruby for you next visit! 🙂