This year I am determined to get to the Strawberries before
the birds do!
An early evening walk around the garden revealed lots of new
growth on the red and black currant bushes that I traded for homemade marmalade,
the last two sunflowers that survived have reached a little more skyward and
even the citrus has had a modest spurt. Finally, the second planting of beans
has shown themselves (the first planting got beheaded by another group of opportunists)
and the silverbeet seedlings planted a few weeks ago are looking lush and healthy.
Much to my delight, my lime tree is holding its little buds so maybe this year
I will have the pleasure of squeezing a fresh lime into my curry. The cranberry
a friend gave me is starting to bush up and the raspberry canes traded with
another friend for plants and marmalade are keeping a steady pace so will need
potting up soon.
Tomorrow I am hoping for a decent day to introduce the tomatoes and capsicum to the garden. For a few weeks now I have watched them grow, carefully taking them inside and out on warm days but they have outgrown their pots and need to planted in their chosen spot. I noticed tonight the cat grass I planted few days back has lots of tiny blades showing and the new sowing of catnip has a couple of little seedlings just raising their heads so the cat “Mr” will be rather happy with that prospect...little does he realise though, today I was gifted an old wire cage just perfect for keeping “cat happys” in and happy cats out!
