the green thumb was almost brown...

wow, it has been forever since i posted in my little garden diary. the rental property required a lot of work on the weeds, overgrown grape vines & sandy soil before I could attempt anything. some pots were planted initially just to get things going. so what have i achieved so far?

• compost bin
• improved the soil quality of a garden bed & fertilised in order for me to actually grow something
• hacked into the grape vines, lemon & orange..fertilised & gave them water...they now have new shoots all over & even buds.
• planted lettuce, parsley, silverbeet, rocket & brocolli in pots.
• the lettuce is now a sufficient height & been planted into the garden, along with the brocolli, some punnets of cherry tomatoes, snow peas & basil.
• potatoes in every little bit of space left over. the've got their heads up & i've covered them with straw.
• the asparagus in the wine barrel hasn't popped up yet
• the artichokes in the large pot we brought over is suffering a bit under the snail onslaught

until all this gets going, we're currently buying our organic produce from Freshline Organics who deliver to your door. the next main aim is to get some baby chicks, so they'll be at laying age by the time we move into our new house. thats the plan.

i can't forget her...

i feel bad that yesterday i didn't include a photo of the little lady (who has no name), so here she is in the background, very timid. she isn't our only lady, we also have 'chooky 1' that is an isa brown that we purchased about 3 yrs ago. i'm going to be sad to see them all go but i know that they'll be happy staying here where they are comfortable and we'll also be getting new baby australorpes soon after leaving. i just need to find someone that can sex them for me so that i don't end up with roast dinners instead of egg layers.

check out my boys...

here are my two boys that i received as christmas pressies. obviously they weren't supposed to be boys but lovely ladies who would produce lots of eggs, but we only ended up with one of those. i have however become quite find of these guys & tolerating their crowing because they're quite dashing & friendly. naturally i have named them..'bb' on the left & 'stumpy' on the right. we're hoping the new owners of our house will love & care for them just as much as us. mind you if we stayed much longer, i think at least one would of ended up as a roast.

capsicums galore...

the capsicums in the garden...the whole 3 of them, are bending & snapping under the weight of these lovely sweet things. they all haven't gone completely red yet, but i had to salvage what i could to ensure the plant wouldn't completely die. i'm thinking of making some salsa out of them...great on nachos, which we haven't eaten in ages.
we currently have growing;
silverbeet, last of the pumpkins, eggplants & chillis, peas are just getting a bit of height, brocolli is in full swing & sweet potatoes.