Mondays Harvest

3 Beans

4 Eggs   

Small bunch Curly Kale

Only a handfull today

Beans and Kale into my pot of Chicken soup

Eggs into quiche for tomorrows nights dinner.

What did you harvest today?

Visit Daphne at Daphne's Dandelions and admire what others are harvesting around the globe.

Happy Gardening........

                                                                               

Salad Days.............

This month I've joined along with VG at Veg Plotting for the 52 week Salad Challenge.
The Challenge is to grow enough salad greens to provide a tasty salad each week for 52 weeks. 
First up as it was the end of our Summer and most salad crops had gone to seed i collected different varieties of lettuce seeds sorted them bagged and labelled them.  
 Three types were sow directly into beds, Red lettuce,Rossa Di Trento and Golden lettuce.
Summer herbs i gave a trim and lifted and divided bunching onions and replanted them into rows.
Other seeds planted (2/3/2012) Beetroot Forono, Rocket, Spinach,Coriander,
Lettuce Little Gem and Carrots.
I also purchased a punnet of mixed lettuce.

I planted some of the lettuce seedlings and potted
up onions and parsley to have at the back door for easy picking.(handy when its been raining)     




Most of the seeds have germinated due to Autumn rain and bright sunny days.








Looks like i will have plenty of Red lettuce and extras to give away.

Sowings are the first for my new Veggie Plot so I'm extra pleased as the soil is a little heavy with lots of little stones.
Recycled fence panels are to keep out the kangaroos, they don't like onions or rosemary so i planted them outside along the fence.
A few old bales of hay provide a wind break.

What we have enjoyed over the last month is parsley, basil, onions and the last cabbage which was chopped up to make Asian noodle salad.


Lets hoping we will be soon picking our greens and tossing a salad!!!!!


                                         Happy Gardening..............                           

Saturday Morning.....................................

                              Morning mist over paddocks
                              Roster crows
                              Kettle boils
                              Sunlight breaks through the clouds
                              Tail wags
                              Thoughts come and go................
                              
                   

Cracked hands

workboots          

                   back to the reno.................

Hope you all have a great weekend

                                         


                                     

                       

                                     

Autumns Arrived

                                                       

    Early morning dew.........




                                          New shoots emerging...........

Welcome rain..........  encourages ......... silver beet seedlings

                                  Sedum's bright flower heads

Plenty of work still to be done.......................

Today's job............................. laying the new floor




Not much time to blog as i'm now the builders assistant (TA) and if i want a wood heater in the house before the REAL cold weather arrives iv'e got to help....................................


Thanks for dropping by......................... if anyone knows how to remove no-reply blogger i'd love to know........

Mondays Harvest

Just over a week ago it was 39.5 C on our front veranda !  the last of the veggies were looking a little sad including myself and the 2 dogs.
A week later and 115mls of rain and there's lots of smiles and green grass emerging.

Luckily i had already cleaned up some of the beds, dug them over so when the rain started a got out my bag of dynamic lifter(organic fertiliser in pellets) and spread it around.

So i have been busy going through my seed boxes and planting madly...........................

What i have harvested but forgot to take a photo is more potatoes and lots of parsley.

One of my favourite herbs and shrubs to have in the garden is Rosemary and this time of year i like to harvest small branches which have layered in the rocky/sandy soil of the driveway.

These few small branches once trimmed down and potted up became 12 new plants...............

I will use these later in spring to replace any old plants and keep a few spare to give away when friends visit.

                                                                         

                                              So what have you been harvesting??????

 Head over to Daphne's Dandelions and see what others are harvesting around the globe

                                                            Happy Gardening