A Busy Day!!

It was a perfect day to be out in the garden today!! I started at about 10am, came inside only for lunch (and watch Gardening Australia :) ), and finished at about 6pm. :) 

Pulled the Beans....

And the Cucumbers... 

And gave them to the chickens and ducks...and as I was cleaning up so i could whipper snip....  

I came across a Toad!! (I think it's a toad anyway?) I was definitely raised by Cats, because I didn't scream in surprise I hissed! Lol! It's a good think I saw this one first because about 10 minutes later.....

I came across an even bigger one!!! I covered both of them back up and hoped they wouldn't jump out when the whipper snipper came too close, but they didn't, I checked them after and they were both fine :).

Planting out the Broccoli...

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The roots where only just at the bottom of the pots...

Planted....

Stocks were put in at the end of the bed as well, And then it was temporarily covered with netting- need to find better netting...

And the kale went into the top of the other bed...

Some Stocks planted out near the Zinnias....

Pea seeds- Telephone and Greenfeast, where planted....

My last sowing of Romanesco did not germinate so I sowed more today as well as- Purple Sprouting Broccoli, Poppies- Harlequin, Double Shirley and Princess Victoria Louise-, Larkspur- Dwarf mix-, Pansy, Lettuce- All Year Round, Iceberg and  Cos.... No idea where to put them all though lol :) 

Broad Beans- Aquadulce and Crimson Flowered seeds planted...

Snow Pea- Mammoth, Yukomo Giant seeds planted...

Last Harvest for a while... Will let you know how the pumpkin goes :/ lol

Happy Gardening!! :D

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... It's raining....

And there goes my plans to not be kept out of the garden!! :(

But I did go out and take photo's before it really started to pour :)

The Silverbeet has grown, but something is still eating the leaves, and some plants have died altogether at the back, but I kept a few plants just incase so they will be planted out tomorrow.

Silverbeet under the netting...

Broccoli, Kale, Stocks and some other seedlings going well, will hopefully get to plant them out tomorrow... None of the Long Island Imp Brussel Sprouts germinated, but one of the Ruby ones did, And I think that is all I'd need :)

The Cabbage has grown lots in just one week :)

One of them has a purple stem though???

The Sweet Peas have grown a lot too :)

A Volunteer Bean... 

The other new bed with Silverbeet, Carrots and Petunias, the Kale will go in here as well...

The Thai Green Eggplant has waited until the middle of Autumn to flower :/ ...

Beans that will be pulled...

The Strawberry patch that has a Cosmos in it....

Which is budding :)

More Beans to be pulled, these are in mostly shade and have been eaten badly by snails...

I think the pumpkin is sick?? Not nearly enough sunlight and too late in the season :(...

The first planting of Sweet Peas, "Hi Scent" are going well...

The flower bed by the side of the house.....

The Poppy's have grown the most, There 10 times the size they were before :)

The stocks are very happy :)

The other flower bed is very happy too...

Especially the Foxglove!!

Freesias in pots...

Gardenia...

Catnip has take over the Rose plant, but it still seems happy enough....

The front fence, where last year Sweet Peas were planted, It's had a year to rest, so it's time to pull the weeds and plant some vegetables!

Jonquilles emerging....

More Mushrooms :)

The room they're in is still quite bright, so a sheet is placed over them...

You can just see the mushrooms...

 

The bulbs on the windowsill are sprouting :) In this one, from top to bottom are Jonquills, Freesias- Purple Rain, Ancona, Pink Attraction, Honeymoon and Gabrielle.

Top to Bottom 1 Hyacinth, Babiana and Jonquills. The scent thought the window in spring will be magnifi(s)cent! :)

Happy Gardening :)

I miss my garden :(

 I miss being in the garden :( This last week hasn't been a good one, and not having time in the garden has taken a toll on my emotions/stress levels :(...

 But the next 48 hours- Try and keep me out!!! :)

These mushrooms were picked the thursday before last, and shared at work. The middle one was huge!!! The plate is about 25cm across.

These ones I got to eat :)

The Savory Cabbages are going well, These photos were all taken last weekend, when the netting was put up to stop the White Cabbage Moth from laying it's eggs.

A Volunteer Broad Bean growing near the compost.

The Delphinium's are very happy...

They all have new growth :)

The Carrots sprouted!!! :D

And the Silverbeet bed was also covered with netting.

Casey misses me in the garden as well :) Can't wait until tomorrow morning :D 

I'm going to pull the Beans and Cucumbers and plant Peas and Snow Peas among other things :)

Happy Gardening :)

Happy Birthday Megan!!!

I haven't had time to be in the garden because I've been making this..

Finally finished it!! It's a bookmark. Happy Birthday Megan!!

The Mushrooms 1 week ago...

The Mushrooms tonight! :)

I hope to get into the garden this weekend or one afternoon after work, now i'm off to bed to catch up on some sleep!

 And maybe dream about gardening :)