Day 46... Tuesday...

It is Tom's Birthday today... I refrained from giving him fruit trees ;-)

Happy Birthday Tom!

 Ok made an angry bird garden... oh I mean cake!

 The rain seems to be helping the curry leaf trees out the front to recover :-)  I think they need a good dose of an organic fertiliser... might try some seasol as I do not want to encourage digging from the dogs that come walking without leads!

 Some of the Rhubarb is looking good... (left) but the one on the right something has almost completely eaten it!  Had a look around, the only critter around there was a Portugese Millipede... or the other culprits are the crickets!

The Delaware potatoes have showed they are happy with the potting mix mulch and rain.... They have grown since Saturday.  The garlic (middle) doesn't look great but early days :-) .

 The hydroponic box is picking up... the mizuna looks good as do the  lettuces.
 A second Nasturtium popped its little leaves up this morning so that is progress too :-)

 The Royal Blue potatoes are pushing up slowly and steadily :-)  I might give it a side dressing of Potato E.

STRAWBERRIES!  I hope I get one this time hehe... there are actually several and Mr Brandon has stated the big one on the left is his... I think it might be for sharing ;-)

Radishes, radishes, radishes... lots of radishes and the boys are trying very hard to leave the easter egg ones for seed saving... especially now we will have to pay $56 quarantine fee on the seeds! :-o







 Brandon's "Grandpop's Lazy Housewife Bean" is climbing well but few leaves so I think I need to get some manure/compost/fertiliser...

 Brandon's hanging gardens (yes I said Brandon's - he owns them all apparently lol) are suddenly green and growing with the rain!  Mint's are all coming back!

Oregano, Thyme and coriander are all up now!
On the left is possibly a curry leaf tree germinating.... I hope!

 Peas!  They are growing slowly but steadily... I think they could do with some fertiliser to get them growing too :-)

  In front of the verburnum is lemongrass we transplanted... and wooo hooo we have new leaves!  I have no idea when they popped out... so happy as I thought we had killed it. :-p

 The aloe and violets from Henriette are still green and didn't die yet either so happy on this front too :-)

*hugs* that is it from me but I will leave you with this image... bought the boys Lego Minifigures... apparently Spinny was NOT amused *chuckle*

Sarah

Day 43 - Saturday again!

Ok missed a few days in the middle... been busy with inside jobs and stuff :-/

I had a trip up the hill earlier in the week and met lots of lovely people... Tinker Bel provided me with a Cape Gooseberry plant and a Basil Mint plant :-) and also had a cuppa with lovely Henriette and her gorgeous lil monster :-)  I came home with two varieties of rosemary, lavender, Lemon geranium (or something like that lol - smells lovely of lemon and tastes like it too), native violets and an aloe plant!

Today we got out in the garden for more than just watering :-)

Brandon and I got busy planting the garlic finally.  We have popped it in the front garden bed with the potatoes and sage... hopefully it will discourage the crickets from our Sage.  The Delaware potatoes are looking good too!

Brandon was busy planting while Tom rebuilt his scooter... literally lol... busy, busy here!
I put some potting mix around each of the Delaware Potatoes and popped some more Potato E around them... lets hope for a big harvest eventually!

The front garden bed by the letter box is full of the native grass clumps that if you hadn't noticed.... I dislike!  So armed with a bucket full of plants from Henriette I started on a change.

Rather than clearing the bed I planted rosemary between the grass plants... once they grow a little I will take out the grasses and trim them up as a hedge.

 Between the wedding bush plants which are really quite leggy I have put the Lemon Geranium as an underplanting.   They will also give a nice green backdrop to the red Kangaroo Paws.

Up near the front of the house I planted the lavender... a little too small to show the on the photo's I took... a few months time maybe different.

This is the front as it is now... What I would like to do is have espalier dwarf fruit trees along the fence, Grow the rosemary hedges and lessen the amount of grass.  

On the side past the car I have popped in a Cape Gooseberry, curry leaf tree which is looking the worse for wear with the weather, lemon thyme and Lemon Balm (which isn't well!)...  I am hoping all of this will help the side where it is all unstable sand going into the bush.  The ground next to it is the local car park since none of the houses have enough drive way space.

Cape Gooseberry - yes I need to rebury the edging *again* - Curry Leaf - Lemon Thyme.

My helpers this afternoon.... Miss Balla and Mr Rex.... and they have been great and not knocked down the nasturtium planter! :-)

 The Royal Blue potatoes started forcing their way skyward!

 Our worms are busy eating our scraps!  Lots of movement in there :-)

The Aloe and Native Violets got planted  between the irises in the shade of the fence.

 The Basil Mint went into a hanging basket to join Brandon's growing collection on the fence.

 Last but not least... Potted up Grandpop's tomatoes... leaving them in the newspaper and just burying the whole lot.

Ok that is it from me today... need to go clean up the mess they boys made lol *hugs* Sarah