A few weeks ago there was nothing but weeds and grass and clover in my veggie garden. Then we mowed, and weed whacked and got the tractor out and then there was dirt…. lots and lots of dirt, and a fair bit of mud. Then the sun came out and I dug in the dirt […]
Wordless Wednesday – What’s Hiding in Veroncia’s Garden?
Today’s guest post is from Veronica from Sleepless Nights. I am so glad to see a little neglect in her garden, because there is an awful lot in mine! Shameful neglect… whoops! A baby apple tree that we grew from seed. Hidden strawberry flowers. Mint hiding in the neglected bits. Someone let the cauliflower go […]
Things I Know… About Millepedes
With recent Autumn rain we are once again in the middle of millipede season. Here are some of the things I’ve learnt from battling against these nasty black creatures…. The kind of millipedes we have at Portuguese millipedes and they stink when you pick them up, squish them or when they die. They are feral […]
Berry Bliss
It was hot here yesterday. So what else to do on a hot hot day but drive four hours up the freeway to High Grove Chestnut and Berry Farm to pick berries! Despite it being the very end of the berry picking season, we still managed to pick raspberries, blue berries, waldo berries (a type […]
Rhubarb Fizz
Rhubarb is one of the things seems to grow really well at the Pickle Farm with little or no input from us. Even the recent flooding which left the entire veggie garden was under 20 cms of water and killed everything else didn’t deter the rhubarb. We are always on the look out for new […]
Sunday Selections – Swimming with Frogs
I don’t usually blog on a Sunday, but the lovely Frogpondsrock is hosting a new Meme and I couldn’t resist joining in and posting these photos for her! After all the rain we’ve had here, not only was the paddling pool full of water, but it was full of frogs too!
Delinquent Mothers
Life is frantic at the Pickle Farm today. I have a sick kid, a back yard full of mud and holes, Christmas presents half wrapped and chickens in my kitchen. Yes, chickens…. in my kitchen. Two of them. A black one and a white one. And no, they are not waiting to be roasted, they […]
Strawberry Rain.
The weather has been crazy here at the pickle farm this past few weeks. Torrents of rain (more rain in 24 hours that we had in a whole month this time last year) and then warm and sunny and then more rain… and more rain… then hot… and then more rain! Until recently we were […]