What I did with Kate's stockings

No, no, this post doesn't need an MA rating LOL. My friend Kate (who really should be my ex-friend Kate as she abandoned me to live in the UK for a few years, which means we lost not only our friends but also our favourite weekender in Melbourne!) gave me all her laddered stockings to use in the garden. I know, she spoilt me!!

Today I used some to start training one of my peach trees

We spent most of the weekend working on a bonfire to burn all the tree branches we had lying around, but we did find time to put in some star posts to support one of the espalier runs, and to plant some chinese cabbage seedlings that have been in the greenhouse a few months (oops).

There is actually quite a bit going on in the garden at the moment, which I'm a bit surprised about, as it's still winter. Some nice cabbages and cauli

Broadbeans and garlic, turnips and some peas just starting

One of the green manure beds (oats, brassicas and clover) and the carrot, dill and cabbage bed

And finally, the jonquils are starting to come out

Cow Watch 2010

Hours of fun for all the four-legged family members.

Don't know about you, but I reckon this cow's pregnant...either that or she's been over-eating in a big way LOL

Cute baby steak...

This one's not for vegetarians

30kg of local lamb - $5.50 per kg, cut and packed to order. I'm happy with that!

2009-10 Harvest tally

I realised a few days ago that I didn't post the final harvest tally for our main crops for the season. Here it is...

Yep, we really did grow 167kg of tomatoes. I was pretty sick of them by the end of March :-). We're still picking potatoes so the actual harvest is more than the chart indicates, but a lot of them were "glassy" and not edible which is very frustrating. Once again capsicums weren't spectacular in spite of having a lot of plants, but the eggplants were just amazing this year.

How did your garden do?