shiukopuppy's Blog

 My chickens have finished moulting and are starting to lay eggs again! And my autumn seedlings are sprouting away - all of them have germinated. It has been really hot lately so I haven't had much chance to garden. I did plant some pansies in one of my vegetable patches and the possums ate all of my snowpeas right down to the ground.. they dug under the greenhouse and got in that way! I've seen some rozellas visiting one of my trees regularly, but they appeared to be moulting or mangy. I didn't manage to get any photos but they are worrying me in case they are sick. My limes were lovely. I have some small mandarins - i hope they reach maturity soon! And I'm hoping it doesn't get too cold too soon. Enjoy spring on the other side of the world! :)

 
It's the beginning of cooler weather. Where I live, the cool weather begins even when it's officially summer.. Anyway it's time to live vicariously through everyone's spring and summer blogs! :) Here are my shallots.

So I've been tearing out the summer vegetables and preparing for winter/autumn. The tomatoes, eggplants and zucchinis have come out. I found a pumpkin and watermelon plant that didn't fruit. Perhaps it wasn't warm enough. The empty beds have been mixed up with compost, blood and bone, manures, wetting granules, seaweed pellets and organic fertilizer. I planted some shallots and bok choy from the nursery and I have planted seeds of baby spinach, mizuna, mesclun, bok choy, kailaan, mignonette and komatsuna.

My Tahitian limes are ready to go into cocktails! And the lone pomegranate is almost ready. There are some leaves turning these days and my chickens are getting their winter feathers ready. And that's about it from me!