After the wind and rain of the last few weeks
The sun came out, we came out and this blue tongue lizard came to enjoy a little sunshine.
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Winter slowly subsides
After a busy and productive harvest season , my newly rebuilt north facing shed was ready for me to do the internal fit out so I could snuggle up on bleak winter days to create a basket or two. Its payed off, as well as being the greatest way to add another creative element to gardening ,keeping active in winter I scooped the pool at the Royal Adelaide Show in the basketry section with my creations. . Bread n’ cheese won best basket overall Spring happens slowly here and is often unpredictable but the tunnel house continues to supply food for the table . The fruit type vegetables have, as usual been planted in the propagator (2days before the August full moon.) to get a head start before being planted out on the new moon in October.This winter we enjoyed a regular supply of small red and yellow capsicums. I've found they do 2 seasons well in the tunnel a this summer (2nd season) they will produce the most ripe ones from early in the season til the end.I’ll also plant some new ones...
Wildlife Up Close
Yesterday was one of those days that seemed to revolve around wildlife encounters. While making the chooks breakfast I noticed a koala wandering towards the oak tree than up, on closer inspection there where two up there but after a short while only one remained for the day. Not surprising as they seem to be in every second tree at present and the sound of their grunts continually punctuates the evening. As dusk fell Quentin noticed a couple of kangaroos come down to the creek, we had also watched them a couple of evenings before while having dinner, these were happily grazing on the grass along the creek. For after dinner entertainment a ringtail possum jumped from the cable into the mulberry tree and the back onto the cable and off into the night.