Well finally I am back online. The other day I managed to
kill the laptop charger, the vacuum cleaner and a light bulb, all in one day. The
new charger arrived today thanks to my very lovely friend who ordered it for me
online when I couldn’t and in good time for a very gusty, wet night. Even my
ever-faithful hotty bottle has taken a thrashing tonight, a night to bunk down
and enjoy the rain on the roof. Mr came in before wet as a shag, ate and then
yowled at me to go back outside. When I wouldn’t let him back out he jumped on
the bed, nose dived under the quilt and proceeded to tunnel his way down to the
end of the bed where he kneaded himself into a slumberous heap.
Sugar is doing really well, I haven’t heard boo from her
tonight so I am guessing she has tucked herself up into her kennel. We have
only had a few moments in the last couple of days where boundaries were drawn
and climbing up on the outdoor table to nibble on my raspberry and currant
plants is one of them! The strawberries, passionfruit and asparagus are
another. These boundaries also include the rosemary, blackboy peach and
cranberry plants, as well as my fingers and clothing. I think she has a clear
understanding of what “Get off!” and “Owww, that’s attached to me” is now, boy
she has a good set of chompers on her! She is doing a fabulous job of clearing
a few patches I hadn’t got to though and once the weather clears and I can mow
the lawns it will look great.
Not much has happened in the new garden this week, I did
manage to add some soil to it but until I sugar-proof it there is no point in
planting in it. Earlier in the week I planted basil, passionfruit, tamarillo,
luffa, dragonfruit, banana peppers, capsicum, caper and capsicum seeds but the
wind caught a few pots the other night...I put it all back in so hopefully with
some luck I will still get one or two plants, enough to replenish seed and feed
the soul.
I also did a random seed spread in one of the gardens with silverbeet
seed. If it works I will have a good supply of it as well as using another
available space for food. I also sprinkled calendula and marigold seeds out
where the girls sunbathe, even if a few grow they will spread under the punga
and cabbage trees which will look quite colourful against the bush reserve. My
urenika potatoes have started sprouting and I am itching to get them in the
garden. I am thinking of using the old stainless steel compost drum to mound them
up and see how that works and that means I need to start a new compost heap
somewhere else.
