We gardeners are right up there in the top echelon of people who get a real kick out of enjoying life's simple pleasures. This morning, I'm a kid again, excited by the forecast of showers maybe coming this afternoon, then a definite promise of rain tomorrow. Woo hoo, the first rain in ages! Lots of little jobs to do ...
But wait, there's more. My bag of potatoes is sprouting up a forest of little green men. It's about time, too. It's been three weeks since I bagged them up (you can read all about that little excercise here).
Traaa daaa, Mr Potato Head makes his debut. I've planted four seed potatoes in the bad and there are four sets of buds coming up, so they're all performing nicely. |
Here in Australia it's best to feed citrus twice a year, at the end of summer (in late February) and now, the end of winter or start of spring (late August). So if you have citrus trees, do it now. Here's my posting on how I do it from last February, 'Flingin' in the rain'. Today I am again using my old standby, Dynamic Lifter. |
Finally, I'm planting out some more of my supermarket sprouts. This time I am giving some parsley sprouts a go as a border around a bed. |
Parsley has always been a plant which is very fussy about being transplanted as seedlings. The old wisdom is that it's best to grow parsley from seed, so I won't be surprised if my parsley seedlings don't survive. But if they do survive, I guess that will be because I planted clumps of several baby seedlings together, and all I really need from each clump is for one seedling to survive and grow to maturity.
Time will tell, but the first stage of caring for my parsley seedlings is to water them well, and I believe that Huey the rain god has that job covered for the next seven days. Over to you Huey!
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Reading your posts is so thrilling for me! I get all charged up and start calculating the difference in seasons to when I can start here. The links to older turtorials are very convenient, helped me brush up my knowledge.
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