Our garden

The first dozen lettuces have all been harvested now. In future I will replant a little sooner! It will be a few weeks before we have more lettuce now. We erected a frame (old tent frames) over the garden and irrigation hose and sprinklers tied to the top.. and whilst Joy was visiting she found us a mosquito net that we will use for pest control. So far we have had minimal pest damage.

The finches are happy with the new arrangement. I have seen Galahs, lorikeets and the occasional cockatoo feeding from the back yard feeder. But the finches seem to have the front yard feeder all to there selves. Doesn't stop them from visiting the back yard one though - they just do it.... with lots of support from their buddies? I mentioned Joy bought me a kaffir lime tree - and we cut a damaged water tank in half to plant it. Underneath I have planted corriander, lettuce and some parsley. In the planter stand underneath the banana's I have more pak choi and lettuce coming up. Yes, occasionally the dogs have accidents near the pots. They look suitably sorry when they knock it over. MOTH put tent pegs into the ground on the stand to minimise such accidents.

It has become contagious. The more we plant the more we want. The pak choi has been wonderful in soups and stir frys. It grows so quickly too.