Potatoes, back after frost damage
Broccoli sprouts after the main crop has been harvested
Buds are bursting (nectarine and grape vine)
Raspberry canes- I lifted them this year and replanted them in two half wine barrels to contain them.
Betty is laying her beautiful blue eggs again, we only had one from her about a week or two after she arrived at the start of May. There was a traffic jam in the nesting box (lawn mower catcher) this morning. For some reason they only lay in one of the two lawn mower catchers in the chook run, but after one of the plymouth rock's went broody, I thought it was time to persuade them to use the other one too. Some fresh straw and a couple of wooden eggs from the kids toys, and voila, suddenly more enticing to lay eggs in.
One cheeky chicken who always escapes
One of two kiwi fruit vines from Ceres environment park's nursery. We got two for the price of one as all bare rooted trees were 50% off. You need a male and a female kiwi to get fruit.
The beginnings of Andrew's spring time project, a wood oven. The concrete slab will be poured tomorrow, all going to plan. Stay tuned...
Today we went up to Ceres environment park and Collingwood children's farm- Andrew is on 2 weeks annual leave (yay- he's been travelling so much lately!), and we thought we'd beat the school holiday crowds, as today is the last day of term 3 in Victoria. It's been at least 6 years since we went to Ceres (pre kids), and it has changed a bit. The nursery has moved, and there is a dedicated area for farmers markets, which has become a bit of a movement in that time. There's also some new buildings including a restaurant with local organic food. There's lots of alternative energy sources around the site too.
Can't get enough of those chickens
Earthship lookin' cool cubby house
Goats & kids (Collingwood Children's Farm)
Maggie, the cat without ears
Another cat- Toki
Evie with Ginze the guinea pig
Liv with Trogdor the guinea pig
another cat- Evie says she wants a cat farm when she grows up
