G'day,
Well this morning was busy out of the garden... but this afternoon hurray! Garden time :-)
Lots of Grandparent material in here today!
I have to say Mr Brandon has definitely caught the Gardening BUG! (Wooo Hooo!)
The chives have started to come up... hard to see but Brandon insists it is UP! So now we are counting how many chives, lettuces, Mizuna, radishes (including colour), carrots, basil, beans and peas. Scarily Brandon tells me how many were up yesterday with the peas and beans... I hope none die!
Well I went to get into the greenhouse and discovered Mr Brandon had "FIXED" the flapping door... he had sealed it shut! *giggle* No more flapping door ;-)
Strawberries are still going strong! No roots on the sweet potatoes yet or the rosemary but they it is still early days... Thanks Aleisha for the Rosemary cuttings :-)
In Tom's bed his first shoots have appeared...
Pretty sure they are the Carrots :-)
What do disposable cups with holes in the bottom have to do with gardening... hydroponics :-) We are waiting on our lettuces to get big enough but thought we would get moving on the prep work.
Now I will point out Brandon was fully supervised...including by Miss BallaBalla but boys will be boys lol...
So we have a foam (polystyrene) box lined with black plastic (council sized garbage bag) a board drilled with holes the size of the plastic cups and one larger hole for an upside down bottle to sit in (yes there are two that is what happens when you have young men that know everything but they did do a great job!). Holes in the cup are drilled up the sides to allow air into the cup since the bases will be sitting in water all the time. We have grown lettuces like this before and the boys can't wait for it to operational JUST LIKE GRANDPOP'S.
Brandon unsealed my greenhouse so he could check out Grandpop's tomatoes...
Brandon got busy filling cups with soggy potting mix (we had rain last night woo hoo) ready for planting.
Mr Brandon then got busy planting pea's where his beans had not come up... he is definitely getting into this gardening! :-)
Brandon spots Tom's carrots... go gets Tom... I am not sure Tom is too impressed with the "slow progress" he wants things for the kitchen NOW!
Brandon planting Coriander and Red Onions.
Since Brandon and I were busy in the garden Chris and Tom got on with dinner.... or should I say Tom did... He cooked Nannies Dhal, rice and Mount Barker Teriyaki Chicken Skewers... and Chris is cooking Chicken Chaat as I write... boy am I feeling spoiled :-) I will be so glad when we have a functioning kitchen garden again... it is so important for the boys to have that ground to plate connection :-)
BRANDON READING SEED PACKETS.... yes all in CAPS... No one asked him to, he chose to read and organise the seed packets according to season... reading with a smile on his dial...
That's it from me today *hugs* Sarah
Well this morning was busy out of the garden... but this afternoon hurray! Garden time :-)
Lots of Grandparent material in here today!
I have to say Mr Brandon has definitely caught the Gardening BUG! (Wooo Hooo!)
The chives have started to come up... hard to see but Brandon insists it is UP! So now we are counting how many chives, lettuces, Mizuna, radishes (including colour), carrots, basil, beans and peas. Scarily Brandon tells me how many were up yesterday with the peas and beans... I hope none die!
In Tom's bed his first shoots have appeared...
Now I will point out Brandon was fully supervised...including by Miss BallaBalla but boys will be boys lol...
So we have a foam (polystyrene) box lined with black plastic (council sized garbage bag) a board drilled with holes the size of the plastic cups and one larger hole for an upside down bottle to sit in (yes there are two that is what happens when you have young men that know everything but they did do a great job!). Holes in the cup are drilled up the sides to allow air into the cup since the bases will be sitting in water all the time. We have grown lettuces like this before and the boys can't wait for it to operational JUST LIKE GRANDPOP'S.
Brandon unsealed my greenhouse so he could check out Grandpop's tomatoes...
Mr Brandon then got busy planting pea's where his beans had not come up... he is definitely getting into this gardening! :-)
Brandon spots Tom's carrots... go gets Tom... I am not sure Tom is too impressed with the "slow progress" he wants things for the kitchen NOW!
Brandon planting Coriander and Red Onions.
BRANDON READING SEED PACKETS.... yes all in CAPS... No one asked him to, he chose to read and organise the seed packets according to season... reading with a smile on his dial... That's it from me today *hugs* Sarah
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