Working in the garden, moving the rhubarb that was crowding out the little lemon tree. It had been in a pot at Marnie's place and she brought it over and planted it in the garden. It was quite a shock for it as it had been in the pot for a couple of years...
So I moved all the rhubarb to the other side of the garden...
Poor little tree!
I gave it a trim (hopefully haven't killed it!), and spread some seaweed mulch around it...
I saved the rhubarb I thinned out, and also some of the lemons off the tree...
We picked up the seaweed when we make an unexpected detour to Pardoe Beach on the way home from Devonport, as Marnie wanted to get some photos for her Beanie/Jumper Instagram account...
If I'd known we were going there I would have taken more empty bags. But we found 2 in the car that we were able to fill...
Hopefully we can get back there again soon as seaweed makes a great mulch/fertilizer. And it's free :)
the beans are growing well
I've been picking some each evening to have with my dinner
And a few ripe blackberries to have with my breakfast
The Roma tomatoes are doing well considering they are growing in a pot...
I was surprised to see one hiding in the middle starting to ripen
The apples are only small, but there are a lot of them...
Denver came over this week and chain sawed the top off the pittosporum that was growing up under the power line to the house...
should be easy for me to manage now and keep trimmed
While he was here, I got him to do a few more jobs :) ...
Chopping down these two trees that were growing up against the house...
I like trees, but not against the house. This photo was taken June last year, so they were much bigger now
Much better ...
I will probably (eventually) plant a low growing cottage garden border along the side of the house
Roses in the garden a few weeks ago...
"If a person does not keep pace with their companions, perhaps it is because they hear a different drummer. Let them step to the music they hear, however measured and far away."
- Henry David Thoreau
Artwork: Yen Hoang
Have a great week friends :)
xx
Lemons! Your beans look perfect. Hard to think that gardening will ever be possible when we're in the midst of winter here.
ReplyDeleteBut I want to know how you'll go about making a garden along the side of the house. Will you get someone to till it for you? Or dig? Because if you haven't tried the cardboard method, it does work well. You leave it in place for three or four months, and when it's removed, the grass is dead (of course) and the soil is soft underneath.
Marnie knitted that sweater?? Such a talented family. :)
Yes, the beans are delicious. I've been enjoying some each evening with my dinner.
DeleteThe cardboard method is what I (sort of) used for my raised garden bed/box. But I was a bit impatient and didn't wait :) After putting the thick cardboard down I then layered some sticks and old mulch/woodchips, then soil and compost. I would have needed too much soil to fill the box from top to bottom, but it seems to be working so far.
Not exactly sure how I'll do the side garden. There is not much grass there, so will probably just dig it up myself and use some of the bricks I have here (brought from the previous house) as an edging, add a bit of new soil, compost and seaweed, and hope for the best :)
There is a big old caste iron bathtub along part of the side of the house that I want moved too. But I don't think I'll do that myself :))
Will try and report on my progress as I go along. At the moment it's too hot outside to do anything but water late afternoon/early evening.
And yes, Marnie did knit the sweater :)
She's been knitting the beanies for a couple of years now and felt like a change :)
Just read this post Lynda.
ReplyDeleteI am going to.order a sweater and beanie for Iris from Marnie.. ;))
:)) xx
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