Random snippets from the last week

Found a great frame at the tip which will be perfect for frost or shade protection, and admired the red giant mustard and darwin lettuce

Finished mulching the permablitz garden paths - those cornflowers are about ready to come out.

Made shadecloth covers for the 2 potato beds in case we get frost in the next few weeks, plus admired the peas and heartsease..oh and the garlic!

Jerry making time for a belly rub......

And this week I also decided that a career as an arbourist is NOT for me....this is why:

Yes, that is a chainsaw dangling from his belt as he's hanging about up in the tree!

Mulch is good....free mulch is better

I'm so tired I can hardly type! This weekend was the first of two free green waste weekends at our local tip. As it normally costs us $10-15 per trailer (DON'T get me started on that...) this is an opportunity too good to pass up, particularly with fire season just around the corner. So we've been tidying and raking and trailering almost all weekend. That's a lot of effort for two fundamentally lazy people!

As well as free green waste they have free mulch. It's not good enough to use on the garden, but perfect for in between the garden beds and the fruit cage. We've shovelled another 5 trailer loads this weekend and finished the fruit cage...and started on the permablitz garden. As you can see from the image below (taken almost at ground level) it's a nice thick layer...

 

 

I also planted some irises in a hole left by one of the citrus we moved a few weeks ago, and in the other citrus hole I planted some green rhubarb that I traded for some red rhubarb with someone at Jerry's work.

 

I did take a moment to admire the signs of spring in the garden..bluebells, and leaves appearing on the fig tree.

And there are potatoes shooting, and the bay tree looks happy in it's new pot

Finally, it was time to pick some veg for dinner. White carrots in the front, with beetroot and parsnip, and purple sprouting broccoli and mint in the basket. Perfect with a rack of lamb (farm grown farm killed) roast and gravy.

Shrug it off...

or on rather!  I've finally finished my first knitted garment!  OK so it's a mini-garment - just a fairly simple shrug, but it fits and you can't see the few mistakes I've made so it's all good as far as I'm concerned :)

 

Suddenly I see a whole new possibility in sleeveless dresses knowing I can whip one of these up to make myself some pretty sleeves! In fact I'm off to find a pattern for a lighterweight one for summer to make up in  some lovely varigated mossy green bamboo cotton I got at the wool mill discount store.........................

Long weekend lycra

Jerry works in NSW and it's a long weeked there so he has the day off. As the morning dawned sunny for the first time in days that meant just one thing - get on the lycra and get on your bike boy! Although there was just time to catch a bit of football before heading off

 

The pigs had to follow to see what was going on....but the dogs were left wondering at the gate.

And it's off up the hill into town you go young man......