Been a bit AWAL of late trying to get a lot of gardening done as well as garden prep work but we have now caught up yay . Now we will be working on a deep house cleaning before Monday which is our next rental inspection and DH pressure cleaned the front veranda and ceiling and the window screens. The wood looks so much cleaner and it is far less dirty and dusty out there.
Yesterday we trimmed all the rose bushes in the front gardens as they sadly had black spot so now they look like dwarves but will hopefully come back to their former glory, after each cut we cleaned the clippers with bleach to try and stop the spread of the disease. The sweet potatoes which had gone wild also got a good trim back so they are off the front footpath and front lawn as did the basil that was going berserk. We also planted 62 broad bean seeds we saved from our last crop and watered them in.
Today we planted a 9mt row of Australian white garlic in the back paddock garden beds some bulbs from our previous crop that we saved and some purchased as not all of our saved garlic bulbs made it. So good to have a farmers market that sells garlic so cheaply that we can plant . We also planted some more parsley in the front herb, berry and rose gardens in a sheltered winterish area where they shouldn't get hit by any frosts.
Yesterday we trimmed all the rose bushes in the front gardens as they sadly had black spot so now they look like dwarves but will hopefully come back to their former glory, after each cut we cleaned the clippers with bleach to try and stop the spread of the disease. The sweet potatoes which had gone wild also got a good trim back so they are off the front footpath and front lawn as did the basil that was going berserk. We also planted 62 broad bean seeds we saved from our last crop and watered them in.
Today we planted a 9mt row of Australian white garlic in the back paddock garden beds some bulbs from our previous crop that we saved and some purchased as not all of our saved garlic bulbs made it. So good to have a farmers market that sells garlic so cheaply that we can plant . We also planted some more parsley in the front herb, berry and rose gardens in a sheltered winterish area where they shouldn't get hit by any frosts.