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 Have had about 10-15 mm of rain in the last 24 hours.... Glad I didnt fill up the beds as I was counting on the rain doing it for us....

Didnt get much done yesterday except a bit of paving but I can see the end in sight....
Have been waiting to do this bed as the paving around it was a bit rushed & needed a touch up.

I have the tin & organised the angle so will only need to buy some sand for the reservoir then last bed can go in... Will need to lay some pavers at the other end & all the beds will be finished for this Year..
            **Does happy Dance**


We have had a few visitors in the garden this week, a pair of crows..... Thought they were harmless enough to begin with but have discovered that they are nicking the eggs from out of the chook house.. Will have to wait for the Chooks to lay before we let them out from now on Me thinks..

Have found a few other more welcome guests in the garden.. Have come across 10 or so of these little fellows as well as some rather large skinks that are just to quick for the camera...







Just a few update shots from around the garden....

Left : Rainbow Silverbeet, Sugarloaf, Wombok, Bush beans, Strawberry Barrel..

Right : Honey Pod Peas, Thai Egg Plant, Bush Beans..

Left : Russian Kale, Zucchini..

Right :Carrots, Beetroot, Lettuce & a feral Sweet Potato..

Left : Chillis, Leeks & shallots..


Right Front Bed : Mini Roma Tomatoes, Capsicum,Zucchini..

Right Rear Bed : Golden Nugget & Butternut Pumpkins..

This weeks harvest....
Kale, Beans, Snow Peas, Silverbeet, Chillis, Shallots, Lettuce & Zucchini....
We got 3 eggs most days until our guests moved in....


Have a Great one All....

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Had a huge list of jobbies to finish yesterday but only finished ½ of them I think...
There was seed to sow in beds, seeds to sow into punnets, cuttings to take, some transplanting, seedlings to plant out, Chook pen to clean/re straw, some pots to organise for a Wetpot garden, wicking barrel to organise, set up a trellis for some climbing peas, sift some more Cracker dust to add to the beds, place & fill the bathtub bed & join the lime tree beds to make 1 larger one...

From the list we managed to,

- Sifted more cracker dust,
- Lime & put some bedding straw down in the Chook pen,

- B? started to clean out Bed #8 by transplanting some flowers to under the Lemon tree & a sage into Bed #3,
- The washing machine barrel had the Lemongrass removed, potted up for a family member... That was an hour long Battle I dont want to go through again... OH the Carnage !! B? planted out the barrel with some Lavender seedlings after the soil was freshened up with some home "cooked" goodies...
- Some seeds were planted out in punnets for the Wetpot garden...

- A new bed was made by joining both Lime beds together& filing it with 2 bags of horse manure, bag of composted horse manure, blood n bone, rock dust, the last of a soil delivery that was stored in the bath tub & the last ½ of a bag of "5 in 1" that was found under the house... 2 poles have been put in for a future trellis for some Tomatoes... Onions are planed for this bed along with a Garlic or 2...
- A wicking barrel was placed between the washing machine barrel & the Zucchini barrel at the end of Bed #1 along with some bits of mango trunk... This helped make a small retaining wall so we could fill the hollow between the new Lime bed & Bed #1 with some soil we have had stored... The grass removed from the new bed was placed in between the 2 beds & some "good bug" mix was sown behind the barrels...
Some compost tea (Thanks Praxxus) was also made & added to a few of the seedlings & some plants I feel are struggling... Will be interesting to see how they go as I have left a few as control  plants to see what the difference will be...
I will be a busy this week finishing off a few trellises, planting out some of the seeds & seedlings listed above... I think it is time to check some of the Compost barrels to see if any have finished cooking down so the compost can be bagged up & the bins refilled...


Just to finish up, we visited my parents on the weekend & had to grab a shot of dads Friends...

We counted 13 plants in pots grown from heads of fruit they have bought or "pups" from the past few years plants... The centre shot shows 2 pups forming below a fruit... You cane end up with 3 plants for the next season if all pups survive... The shot on the right was just to show how pretty the fruit is when young... Rather spectacular Me thinks... The 2 to the Right are our first 2 plants... I am hoping to have enough to do a little strip don the fence line with the neighbours...

Thats about it for now...
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Chook Screen

 


This week I bit the bullet & bought some Bamboo Screen to hide our Girls from the preying eyes of potential purchasers of the block for sale out the back....

We have had showers on & off all week (36mm since Monday) so havent been able to get out the back to do much until today.... Finished off the frame for the last Veggie Bed & should have a few pics up tomorrow after I fix up some paving....  Depending on the weather, I may be able to finish bed itself... Just need to go & buy the Sand for the Reservoir....

Just though I would finish off with a Beautiful Zucchini Flower..... They always make me Smile !!!!

Have a great one.....

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