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Planting time
The ground’s starting to warm up a little (or did it ever get cold this year?) and its wet as far down as I can shove my hand. That means it’s time to start planting. We’ve been itching for this because this year, the garden will be in full swing. Nearly everything is where we…
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A little harvest…
Today we cut back our mess of Parsley so that we can dry it, powder it and use it in soups and stocks throughout the year. A big bonus was the Hakurei. They’re a small Turnip from Japan. They don’t need cooking to eat, just peel then and munch away. The Hakurei leaves, or greens,…
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Blue Eggs!
Dolores, our new chook, laid her first egg today. In fact, she was so enthusiastic that she laid two (though probably not at once…). They are coloured blue because she’s got Araucana somewhere in her heritage. They’re not quite the tone in the pic, that’s a bit intense because of when and where I took…
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Some days you’re just lucky
Some days, your timing is just right. Today I dropped in to the Gawler Community House, where I volunteer tending their kitchen garden. I saw a fellow struggling a bit with a trolley full of magazines. I wandered on over to offer a hand and, joy of joys, saw the trolley was full of gardening…
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In the Bunyip
Last Friday, the reporter from the Bunyip, our local newspaper came out to interview us about the house and garden from the point of energy efficiency. Jelina and Marlon were out, so it was just Athena and I and we ended up with most of page 39! It’s great that people want to hear about…
Ligaya Garden
a little garden near Gawler
