We achieved quite a bit today.
Hubby was home so he set to work on the area to be closed in out in the veggie patch. He needed my assistance from time to time so most of the day was spent out in the garden area, only stopping for lunch and then a cuppa with a friend that dropped in.
The north end has been closed in. There was a second gate in the corner but we decided to move it to stop the hot wind whistling in through the gap and damaging the veggies.
Hard at work...
Getting there...just the new shade-cloth to go on now and that wont happen until hubby gets home from his other job on Friday haha!
I took the opportunity to tidy the patch while hubby worked away, occasionally stopping when he needed my help.
Weeds were pulled out and raked into piles ready to go into the wheel barrow for disposal.
All nice and tidy now...
We are off to Whyalla tomorrow for an appointment, so may not get too much done outside. Still, it will be a nice day out.
It is starting to warm up again, 25C (77F) tomorrow, with a few pleasant Spring days ahead. I am loving spending so much time outdoors.
See you soon,
xTania
Looks nice! Gardeners over here are cleaning up for fall, of course.
ReplyDeleteIt will look even better when it is finished, hopefully this weekend. I know, patience, patience haha!
DeleteThe cold is coming for you folks, and the heat for us :)
Good morning Tania, You have both been so very busy. What great results. There is nothing so satisfying as gardening and working in the garden. Thank-you very much for the wicking bed/ pot link. Must put that on my to do list.
ReplyDeleteOff to Paskerville Field days tomorrow. Lots of interesting things to see. Enjoy the beautiful weather. I am in awe of all your amazing production. Hope to catch up soon. Cheers, Jo
Hi there Jo,
DeleteThose wicking pots are dead easy to make and work well :)
Lucky you going to the Field days, I have been to Cleve but not the Paskerville one. Beautiful weather for them to be held.
I hope to get to the next Wirrabara markets, I have missed going. I think its been a couple of months or more, probably the day I met you was the last time...crikey time flies!
Have a great rest of the week and weekend xx
Looking good Tania! It is lovely to have a husband that can be handy around the place.
ReplyDeleteHe certainly is a handy Jack of all trades. Has saved us heaps of money over the years fixing and building stuff, he will give anything a try :)
DeleteI think next year I'm going to try some of your gardening ideas. Our summer started out okay, but it's been so hot and dry that everything has stopped growing. We have a little water still left in the rain tanks, but once it's gone, the garden will be done until it rains again.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, I am a bit worried about our summer heat to come also. Last year was terrible and the plants did stop growing with heat stress, but once the heat passed some of them burst back to life.
ReplyDeleteHope you get rain soon xx
It's look lovely.
ReplyDeleteWhile your weather is warming up, here it's getting slightly cooler. :)
I am enjoying the weather here at the moment, but I really love Autumn, my favourite time of year xxx
DeleteIt looks fantastic, Tania. You and your husband always get so much done.
ReplyDeleteThank you Stephenie. We make a great team!
DeletexTania
As Peter Cundall would say, 'Bloomin marvellous!" Such a fantastic area of food productivity. I bet you two are absolutely chuffed. But then, you've worked hard for it too. A long time coming, but worth the wait. Those winds can be just as bad as the sun, at dehydrating soil. So a good move to switch the gate, out. I'd be tempted to see if I could grow a hedge of oldman saltbush, around the enclosure, for added insulation and wind buffer. Depends if you need access in that paricular location, though.
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't I think of old man saltbush?! Talk about bloomin obvious ha!
DeleteWe were discussing this very subject just this evening and I said maybe I could plant giant sunflowers for height or try some Moringa trees because they are so fast growing. We have old man saltbush already growing here so I am going to go with that option. I will get to and dig a spot along the fences to plant them.
Thank you for your wisdom Chris, I am so glad you dropped by today.
xTania
I'm glad to have dropped in too! Fingers crossed, in establishing a healthy hedge. Saltbush is almost bullet proof. I've got 4 shrubs which are huge, and one on it's way to being so. But then I've also lost 5 others, which copped the full western sun in the afternoon. One survied out of that bunch, and it was the one most shaded. It was really a tough position to be in, with no additional water.
DeleteI love saltbush for that very reason. It lives in the dry. Which is great for creating microclimates for other more vulnerable plants. Good luck!