A rather large front garden asparagus type stalk grew to 5m!!! over the past week from the centre of a spiky succulent. We are now waiting for its burgundy flowers to appear.
The veggie beds have their second warm season crop growing - chives, Grosse Lisse tomatoes, lettuce, some crazy unknown vine that was purchased as a pumpkin !? (see large white flower and vine below) and a recently sown bed of green manure seeds (back empty bed) which will be chopped and turned into the soil in a month or two. Just in time for the cooler temp veggies!
My Spring bulbs are on their way in the post! I worry that the degree of excitement I feel towards little brown flower bulbs could induce an early labour hehe. I can't wait to see my tulips, daffodils and hyacinths flowering in the now empty space above! I am hoping they will make the crazy tired early days with my first baby a little brighter.
In the coming month, before I become a gigantic whale, I will be re-locating about 100 bearded iris bulbs and 50 agapanthus from various spots in our garden to form borders. Lots to do before anything exciting can happen - enriching soil with composted cow manure, bricking a walking path, and building a low bamboo fence to stop the feathered terrors from pecking everything green or pretty in sight.
The terrors scratched up ALL of my daffodils and paper-whites from last year. Chickens can be such little turds. I guess I will be replanting these too!
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Yes I feel I am forever undoing the damage done by our chooks. They are sneaky and determined buggers!
ReplyDeleteI look forward to seeing your bulbs!
It all looks so wonderful. Our asparagus has been struggling this summer. So very hot.
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