Ira's New Life

 Haff of the Red Currant is eaten by a corowang   that is a shame

 I dug up one container with Kipfler Potatoes the result is ok   I hoped for a lot of potatoes like with garlic  Maybe I was too inpatitiant   I willl wait longer and keep  20 big ones for  next year

 After being so disappointed  I decided with the help of a support worker to take action even tough the  garden is completely covered with metal mesh the critters  find a way in So we decided to put bird netting over it  with bamboo sticks for height Now the Broccoli , Pickling Gurrnkis have big leaves the little Lemon tree has some growth Its is a bit harder to do the weeding But I really want some result from my hard work the Cherry tomatoes have flowers The Red Currant has green berries fingers crossed

 The  Kipfler  potatoes are emerging  I need to top up the mulch when they are growing They are ready  to harvest  Let's have a look today

was it not beautiful  ...  

 I have a pretty big veggie garden But now is  time for sewing I get very excited to  put a lot of seeds in I read that co- planting  is a very clever way to use my planting  space and lot of plants  are benefits  from  each other  and like garlic dieters    nasties  like possums rats    etc. 

 Today   was a sunny day  great day to work  in my Veggie garden The  cheery tomatoes  are happy with  my pest repent my friend garlic

 After  a headache with my little tomatoes I decided to put them in-between my  garlic plants I think that  the possums or other animals don't  like  the smell of garlic  😉 Now  they look good   Today I put mulch  around it  against weeds and frost T

  I am a pretty calm  person but the  animals that manage to enter my Veggie Garden drive me  a little bit crazy Is it a Padymelon Possum or rats I WANT TO KNOW So maybe I can buy an  Infrared  camera and position it in the garden To find out what  who the culprit is and go from there Because is makes me very sad al that hard work    and nothing to show for it  To be continued ....

 Garlic is now  tall enough to put mulch  around  I decided to make use of the space by putting little strawberries in between   

 I am so happy that  my blueberries  are flowering 

I took all the weeds out and leveled the soil more compost  and took   a  few Lettuce plants and one  Spinach and put mulch the around  It looks much neater now  and since  I have a problem  with clutter because of my poor vision  It's calming this way

  I am so happy that  the garlic is finally  is showing  We planted 50 big bulbs  of the biggest  bulbs and now they are  a few centimeters above the soil I will take  about 7 month's  to get big enough 

 

The Possums found a hole or made one and decided to nibble on my little tree I think    its closed now  fingers crossed

 

 I love bugs but not necessarily  slugs and snails  I don't want to use nasty chemicals  so I am happy to have found  a product  that is ok for the job  

 After my accident I lost a lot of mobility in my hands. Handwriting has been very difficult for me so having a DYMO label printer has been extremely helpful. I use this label printer to label my garden planters and for glass jars in the pantry. It helps keep things nice and neat so that both me and my family can read it. 

My favourite addition to my veggie garden is my super easy to use compost tumbler, which has two compartments where you can store more or less compost. It also has a handle which has extra gears, so that turning the compost tumbler is easy for me no matter the weight.