Hello Friends!
Flowers a blooming, bees a buzzing, birds a singing... I Love Spring!!
The weather has been perfect for planting and we have Baby Cos, Silverbeet, Cherry Tom and Beetroot on the go..
We would have been blessed with an abundance of Bok Choi, Red Cabbage and Sugarloaf however our garden was visited by a weeding "helper" who graciously shared our harvest with the chooks!! Forget the rabbits... we need a fence from our youngest treasure who the day before watched me pull tomato baby seedlings from amongst the young cabbages and feed them to our hens.. Oh Dear! it was hard to laugh (and cry I did) as I had been nurturing these darling seedlings so lovingly since planting them early in August..
It has been hard to visit the garden and look over at the empty bed and not feel wretched. To be honest, I am a little hesitant to re-plant (without a fence!).. Oh Well.. such is life :D At least the chooks were happy!!
I am understanding more and more the diligence organic farmers express when protecting their own crops, as oppose to routinely spraying to reduce the risk of loss.
In our garden we combine crop rotation, companion planting and permaculture aspects to keep damaging infestations low. These three methods have proved successful for us.
We do get the odd nibble from hares but I never mind sharing the little amount they take. We always plant enough to spare.
This season, my goal in the garden is to fence the growing area and fence a free range area for the girls.. (the hens that is :D)
Have a Blissful Spring everyone! Enjoy the weather x
Angel x
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