my favourite idea ive had for this garden is to cover part of the ugly fence with pea plants. as you can see theyre still only little, but still every time i look over at them i feel happy because i know they have a promising future of covering grey fence with lush eadible greens.
i still cant get over how great fresh peas are straight from the vines. last year i planted loads of snow peas because i thought they would be a great snack while working and playing in the garden with the kids, and just a small patch of peas. the peas were always the first to go and not many ended up in the kitchen either!
lookie, my miniture lemon bush has 2 whole lemons on it ready for the winter!! hmm, that will do a whole of... 2 lemon and honey drinks to ward off winter colds. i think this year will deffinately require a sneaky visit to mums lemon tree. shhh, dont tell her! (hi mum:)
i still have celerys to plant which i grew from seed. they probably should be in by now but im still worried that there will be hot weather that kill them off like the last lot.
i have some broccoli seedlings that will soon be ready for the garden. im hoping they do as weal here as my last lot did in kadina. they grew like weeds and we were unindated with big tasty broccolis all winter long!
the chickens are stuck in alcatraz for the day. theyve discovered how to get under the fence so weve got to implement a fix-it plan. while one random escapee chicken here and there is ok to leave out for the day and doesnt do much dammage, ive discovered 6 are a different story.
day 1 was great, they ate all the sour sob weeds! unfortunately when the weeds were gone they were still hungry... on the upside they have done plenty of scratching and pooping where the lawn is to go and that can only be a good thing.
well, happy friday to all and have a great weekend
oh and the new kids im looking after are doing great. they are a realy friendly family, im very happy to have found them. i know i fall in love with all kids but seriously, these are super cuties and lots of fun. the 18mo old is IN LOVE with the chickens. he seriously doesnt need play buddies, hes happy running around with his new chookie friends all morning long:)
hi karen hope all goes well with new fencing ideas and good luck with the seedlings.
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ReplyDeletefirstly - did you get my email?
secondly - the peas look great. david has done some planting as well - he's put in carrots, spinach, onions and .....hmmm something else but i forget now :)
i think it's pretty safe to plant now - i think the last of the hot weather has passed and whilst we might get some warm days, they are shorter and not intense.
hope to see you soon
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Forgive me, but I just can't get over how novel it is that as you're heading into winter and I'm heading into summer, we're both celebrating our pea vines. Mine are smaller than yours, but coming!
ReplyDeleteNo lemons, tho. :)
Wow you have done so well your seedlings. My little celery seeds never sprouted this year. Love the chooky adventures - they are mischevious creatures at times. We had to end up digging in the wire underground. Goodluck. You could always go electric which is what we have resorted to for the geese - they are crafty buggers.
ReplyDeletewow your seedlings look awesome. love your little chook jail...too funny.
ReplyDeleteHallo lovely Karen Loved your story about the chooks and I am happy you love the children we might see each other on Monday I am looking forward to that Opa and I have hardly ever had luck with vegetables but maybe we did not give enough time to them I can remember my other saying ""one has to talk to plants and then they grow much better love Oma
ReplyDeleteit looks as though you will have a great garden!!! I am so behind - haven't even started any seeds for a winter garden yet ... sigh. one can only do so much, right? :)
ReplyDeleteWow look how big your girls have grown! Looks like the garden is going to take off this winter....so exciting. My snow peas are about the same size as yours at the moment.
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