Observations of us
We planted some carrots about sixteen weeks ago. Obviously they were not ready for harvesting. Another garden lesson learnt! I am going to invest in Stephanie Alexander’s – The Kitchen Garden Companion : Dig, Plant, Water, Grow, Harvest, Chop, Cook. Maybe that will help!
As an Early Childhood Teacher I have always thought ‘colouring’ to be developmentally a waste of time. But as a parent I have wished Ben would just sit still and colour even for a just five minutes! Well today we coloured with a purpose….. labels for our garden. Ben coloured in the labels for the vegetable patch. (oh and I am sorry about those finger nails – we had been digging in the garden!!)
What a champion…… however he did ask for the ipod when he had finished because he had done such hard work! My son the master manipulator!!
We are amazed at our veggie patch…. it is actually growing. We don’t really know what we are doing, so we didn’t know what to expect. We are learning as we go. All we have really done is add water and ….. presto …….. veggie plants. We do consult with our only gardening book ‘Dig – Modern Australian Gardening’ by Meredith Kirton from time to time.
Here is an update of what has survived our questionable gardening talents, the magpies and the horrid scrub turkey – tomatoes {fabulously}, carrots {only three seedling have survived}, corn {most got pecked out}, beans {fabulously}, radishes {oh my goodness we are going to have dozens…. radish anyone?}, zucchini {fabulously until I transplanted three plants yesterday…. I think I killed them}, spring onions {most got pecked}, watermelon {only one plant left…does that mean only one watermelon?} pumpkin {two plants survived} and passion fruit {fabulously}. I think we are doing ok??
Ben is very keen to pull the carrots out!! It is taking some convincing to stop him from doing this. I am not sure he can wait any longer!! I am almost tempted to let him as I want to know what is going on under there as well…….. I am not known for my patience either!!
Will keep you posted on the carrots and other gardening adventures….
Ben suggested we needed a scarecrow……what a great idea! So here he is – Spud the newest family member on the Lattimore Acre. He is spectacular – not only because of his incredibly handsome appearance but he has managed to keep those pecking birds away, even the scrub turkey. He also stayed standing this week through a crazy storm! Thanks Spud!!
I am going to link up with ‘Life Made Lovely Monday’, we think Spud is lovely and I do plan on blogging how we made him.
