Overdue post.
Well here I am,months later(damn I hear several people say ) lol.
What can I say? The vegie garden and fruit trees are going beserk-this warm weather and rain are taking the hard yakka out of gardening at the moment.The tangello,plum,apple,pear,lime trees and passionfruit vine are literally groaning under the weight of their fruit,the lemon tree is making a great recovery(it's about 100 yrs old and had a few hiccups in recent yrs) and fingers crossed we will get the nashi's this year,instead of the rainbow lorikeets !
Tomatoes galore on the bushes...may have tomatoes before xmas if the heat keeps up yay-nothing like the taste of a fresh,sun warmed tomato picked fresh from your garden.Also been eating fresh peas and beans off the plants-so sweet and crisp,pod and all are a yummy snack while weeding.Lovely feeling to stroll down the yard and pick vegies for meals that day-can't get any fresher than that :)
The chooks are running the whole she-bang,herding the dog and humans about,hiding their cackleberries and pecking at over-grown rears of anyone bending over.
The supervisors hammock has been getting a hard workout-nothing like lying in the shade of a holly tree and being hypnotised by the hum of the native bees buzzing above your head(native bees have no sting-we like this lol).
The magpies have adopted us,(much to the disgust of the chooks),several are bold enough to sit almost at our feet and warble as we throw them the extra bread(5pm on the dot every evening as they demand)-the upside to this is none of us have been swooped this spring,with so many babies around.When they start thinking my toes are big fat worms(as the chooks do) then I shall worry LMAO.
Have ditched the washing machine altogether-no I haven't started thumping our shirts on a rock on a river bank(got no rock)have got me a clothes mangle/wringer of the almost-not-quite-antique variety.Squeezes the water out AND presses clothes at the same time-ironing always was a nasty,filthy 4 letter word in my book.lol. I'm now working on ditching the electric light thingie(ohhh it'll never last ya know) .....
Well I must away to revel in more glorious rain drizzling into my water tanks and spy out a spot for a last fruit tree.....or more vegie gardens.....and find those bum-nuts the chooks have hidden again !
What can I say? The vegie garden and fruit trees are going beserk-this warm weather and rain are taking the hard yakka out of gardening at the moment.The tangello,plum,apple,pear,lime trees and passionfruit vine are literally groaning under the weight of their fruit,the lemon tree is making a great recovery(it's about 100 yrs old and had a few hiccups in recent yrs) and fingers crossed we will get the nashi's this year,instead of the rainbow lorikeets !
Tomatoes galore on the bushes...may have tomatoes before xmas if the heat keeps up yay-nothing like the taste of a fresh,sun warmed tomato picked fresh from your garden.Also been eating fresh peas and beans off the plants-so sweet and crisp,pod and all are a yummy snack while weeding.Lovely feeling to stroll down the yard and pick vegies for meals that day-can't get any fresher than that :)
The chooks are running the whole she-bang,herding the dog and humans about,hiding their cackleberries and pecking at over-grown rears of anyone bending over.
The supervisors hammock has been getting a hard workout-nothing like lying in the shade of a holly tree and being hypnotised by the hum of the native bees buzzing above your head(native bees have no sting-we like this lol).
The magpies have adopted us,(much to the disgust of the chooks),several are bold enough to sit almost at our feet and warble as we throw them the extra bread(5pm on the dot every evening as they demand)-the upside to this is none of us have been swooped this spring,with so many babies around.When they start thinking my toes are big fat worms(as the chooks do) then I shall worry LMAO.
Have ditched the washing machine altogether-no I haven't started thumping our shirts on a rock on a river bank(got no rock)have got me a clothes mangle/wringer of the almost-not-quite-antique variety.Squeezes the water out AND presses clothes at the same time-ironing always was a nasty,filthy 4 letter word in my book.lol. I'm now working on ditching the electric light thingie(ohhh it'll never last ya know) .....
Well I must away to revel in more glorious rain drizzling into my water tanks and spy out a spot for a last fruit tree.....or more vegie gardens.....and find those bum-nuts the chooks have hidden again !
posted by Bugs at 11:44 am
3 Comments:
Yeh she writes agin
Of things close to the heart..the things of momma earth..
I could almost feel myself transported into yr chlorophyll hideaway...
Am about to devour as apposed to eat a #80 egg with basil pesto and new cherry tomados....
And yes we both shall forge a new clone of the avocado...the mousseacado...fat free of course
Have fun Bugz and enjoy our summer rain...(Seals and Crofts I think)
Craggles....dont forget D&J (&T?)
any pics of the chooks, they sound hilarious. Joe want to know how big your back yard is, it sounds huge.
Oh, and now that you've ditched the washing machine, are you 'Mrs Mangle'?
I have no idea how to post pics of the chooks on here(Princess Beatrice is fussy about publicity shots).The yard is an average size via the tardis and I've started spying on the Neighbours and making up malicious gossip about them..eeek...I'm Mrs.Jessop from the Sullivans !!!
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