It was freezing cold, with rain on and off all day, but it was great to be out in the garden again.
I am starting to feel inspired once again. I am excited to try growing my own herbs, vegetables, and fruit. I have 9 fruit trees that are about 8 years old. I am hoping to give them a lot of love this summer and see if they will give me fruit. Water and protection from the birds seems to be the secret, I'm guessing. Although our summers can be so hot that it burns the trees.
Some photos from pottering in the garden today.
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| Testing out a seed mat. Lazy gardening. |
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| All the seeds are spaced out and labeled. I had to cut the beetroot and broccoli off the main sheet, as they wouldn't fit in the pot |
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| Beetroot and broccoli being planted |
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| Created a raised garden bed, filling it with soil from around it. It looks a nice dark colour from all the scraps that have composted, eaten, dug into the ground by the chooks. Planning to plant tomatoes, cucumbers in spring. |
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| Chooks will get it ready for me to plant in |
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| I love watching my chooks scratching in the garden, but once my seedlings are planted, the chooks will need to be kept out |
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| My girls |
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| Feeding my girls some scraps |
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| I bought 4 bulbs of garlic from the fruit n veg shop for about $12, which worked out to be almost 40 cloves of garlic to plant out. |
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| My little family of chooks and ducks |
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| Garlic ready to be planted |
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| Garlic planted |
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| Chooks spreading out the pea straw for me |
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| Hoping the metal frame will stop the chooks digging up the garlic and spreading the pea straw everywhere. Bit of an experiment. |
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| Another experiment. I have read about growing potatoes in a bag. The potatoes are put in the bottom, a little soil added on top, then as the potatoes grow you add more soil on the top until finally, the bag is full of soil and hopefully also potatoes. |
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| Bag folded down ready for soil |
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| Soil and potatoes added |
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| Potatoes ready to grow |
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| Jasper enjoys following me in the garden |
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| I purchased this app many years ago, called Gardenate. It looks like it has been updated since I last used it. I like that I can add when I plant things and it tells me when they should be ready to harvest. It also has advice and when things can be planted. |
