After 2 abnormally wet weekends we are having a hot one this time.( IT HAD US SWEATING ) Yesterday it got to 32 degrees centigrade here; with high humidity. I made myself a to do list when I first got up but did it in the wrong order as I had no idea it would get that warm. I did all on my list but the lawns.( I did a little sewing instead - good thinking eh ) After the supermarket visit I got some seedlings at the garden centre and the 3 lovely bright gerbras to refurbish this pot at the back door. (I will replant the pale pink alstromeria in the garden it kept getting fungal disease in this pot )
R worked at weeding his vege garden.( I had done my small patch and the herb garden during the evenings last week ) (Weeds of course lapped up all the rain we had recently )
See how good that looks this morning. The far side has yet to be done. R is this morning planting out his basil which were slow getting started but have good root systems so should still make it in time. ( for his big pesto making sessions later on. )
Currently we are picking courgettes, beans ( 2 varieties ), tomatoes ; ( 5 varieties ) capsicums; silverbeet, potatoes (2 varieties;) and lettuce and a few radishes. I just harvested my shallots and pulled out the broccoli cause the white butterflies had found and spoilt it. ( 2 watermelons are sizing up nicely ) We
always have herbs. Add to that avocados, walnuts and strawberries ( only 12 blueberries - shame ) and the gifted plums and it shows we are eating to season and quite well. ( I still bought apples bananas; rice pasta and some meat to go with it ).
So this morning before breakfast I got started on the last thing on yesterday's list - it still had me red faced and sweating but looks so good now. The lawns are all mowed. I earned my cup of coffee at morning tea time. See how neat it all looks.
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The good news from Friday I forgot to put in here is my neice had her little baby girl. Both are well. She is being called Lucy. That's nice. A little sister for Sophie and Amelia. So today I will wrap up those booties I knitted and a few other bits and get them in the post.
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Happy Waitangi Day fellow Kiwis. ( I was so busy I forgot what day it was! )
