Around the garden

I wanted to write a bit about the garden today, and what is growing really well, for future reference and memories in the winter....

The silver beet is growing strongly now..

Here is our sweetcorn..

Berlotto fire tongue beans. I'll wait for the pods to dry before harvesting them to save for soups  etc.

And here are some cannellini beans, slightly more prolific, again I'm going to dry them...

Dulce Espana peppers, just starting to grow after months of poor weather...

Peppers on the bushes...

And I had high hopes for this pumpkin patch. I put a great deal of time into preparing the soil etc, but the cold weather, and lots of wind seem to have taken their toll..

Just out of interest, here is our landlord's GM maize. Just look at the size of it, thats a tree on the left!!! Mental.

Marigolds lovingly planted by the children a long time ago now....

Lavender and a bee!

Basil looks happy...

Curious Tomas!

And here are the chicks, I think they are teenagers now. I still can't tell which are hens. The black one behind the mother hen has a slight comb, so I think it may be male, but we'll have to see which crow to be sure!!

 I had to put them back into the run, as I trod on one poo too many. Yuk.

And that's it really. Very hot, the sparrows are chirruping, and the cicadas are calling from the high trees.

Hope you enjoyed the short tour!

Away for a while

Well, I've been away for a while from here, but not really away.
 We've been looking at houses, and it is so time consuming, and stressful actually! Most houses are really expensive, and not realistically priced. But now is the first time we can afford to try to buy here. We've been saving up since we got here for a deposit, and it has taken a while due to only one salary, and five mouths to feed, transport, and clothe etc.

Anyway, hopefully things will settle down.

Renting is ok, but we don't seem to be getting anywhere, and we'd like a bit of our own land to grow food, and have some space.

Anyhow, back to looking at more listings.....