Tuesday 13 March 2012



Break and Enter


Yesterday when I got home I found the chickens had broken into the vege patch



they were having a great time scratching around and eating bugs


Marilyn was doing a splendid job eating the cabbage moth grubs off the broccoli but Bob was eating the broccoli leaves just as fast


And there was another visitor


Friday 9 March 2012



When the sun came out we went to asess the damage




It was still pretty boggy under foot



The garden looked a bit sad and sorry for its self



Some things had been quite badly pounded by the heavy rain




As soon as the water went down, the weeds came up



Plenty of beautiful things survived



And some plants look like they appreciated the extra water







With a bit of attention we can have it looking good in no time



Wednesday 7 March 2012


Disaster strikes


It rained so heavily all night the back of our yard including our vege garden was flooded



As the water started to recede I could see the garden was soggy but intact and undamagd





We picked our first big crop yesterday and had home grown cucumber on our sandwiches for lunch and the beans and peas for our dinner



There is lots of activity down in the vege garden bugs, grubs, worms, spiders, horse flies, slugs, sand flies, possums and birds.




Its growing well
We have had some trouble with cabbage moth grubs but we seem to be on top of them now. The chickens love the grubs.





The eggplants are doing really well


And so are the tomatos 

The zucchini flowers are beautiful








With just a little bit of love and care the garden is going really well




My Dad and Step Mum Sharon came over in January to help Trace and I dig a vegetable garden in our back yard.


First we had to prepare the area, and dig a 4x4 metre patch



We planted seedlings and seeds



You can see Trace putting in little shade covers to protect the seedlings from the afternoon sun



We planted lettuce, spinach, eggplant, brocolli, carrots, onions, cucumber, tomato, zucchini, beans and peas.


Sharon was in charge of the whole operation.