(yellow peach in the orchard.....YUM!)
the festivities of christmas and the new year have meant little has been undertaken in the garden in the past couple of weeks – but christmas and boxing day did bring a small amount of welcome rain (just 25mm – nothing like the huge falls elsewhere in the state) and so we are feeling a little ray of hope as the grass is a little greener...
but we need more than the odd shower to fill the dams – this is how things look here at the farm right now (I'm hoping by posting the pics that I shame the rain gods into action!)
but we need more than the odd shower to fill the dams – this is how things look here at the farm right now (I'm hoping by posting the pics that I shame the rain gods into action!)
(this is the our garden's water supply....
The greener patch indicates where the dam should be -
I haven't seen it this low since it was constructed more than 25 years ago)
(this is another of the 'topside' dams - down to a puddle now....)
The few photos of dwindling dam levels and dry paddocks can't really capture the true picture of what this drought entails (and I generally haven't elaborated about the daily difficulties faced here on the farm - on all the district's farms – as a result of the ongoing drought... in the next little bit I'm going to try to record how things really are – hard to capture the feeling of crushing despair in a picture of low dam levels.)
I don't mean to be depressing – but sometimes its hard to remain upbeat and whilst I'll continue to keep a positive attitude - I think its important to share the reality.
we keep going by focusing on the task at hand sooooo....
to do
clear away fallen fruit in the orchard (a job I like to try to convince – ok bribe – the kidlins to do)
sow more climbing bean, lettuce, and beetroot seeds
order herb and sprout seeds
weed the vege garden
completed
bean support
In an effort to save some of the fruit damaged or stolen by the birds I've made a sizeable lot of stewed fruit as well as 7 bottles of pickled peaches and 8 of peach chutney... yum!
picking eating
red cos lettuce, raspberries, yellow peaches, rondo de nice zucchini, spring onion, baby beetroot, early yellow nectarines, ivory eggplant.
I don't mean to be depressing – but sometimes its hard to remain upbeat and whilst I'll continue to keep a positive attitude - I think its important to share the reality.
we keep going by focusing on the task at hand sooooo....
to do
clear away fallen fruit in the orchard (a job I like to try to convince – ok bribe – the kidlins to do)
sow more climbing bean, lettuce, and beetroot seeds
order herb and sprout seeds
weed the vege garden
completed
bean support
In an effort to save some of the fruit damaged or stolen by the birds I've made a sizeable lot of stewed fruit as well as 7 bottles of pickled peaches and 8 of peach chutney... yum!
picking eating
red cos lettuce, raspberries, yellow peaches, rondo de nice zucchini, spring onion, baby beetroot, early yellow nectarines, ivory eggplant.
