It is a Green Time of Year

Things are going green around here.

We have finally had some rain and the difference is amazing.

Where once we had dead brown crispy stalks, we now have grass coming through. Here is a before photo.



Here is Chevy exploring in our yard.

Now I will post some green photos to show you what is happening.  I have little bits of garden here and there about the place.  Mum gave me some rhubarb seedlings so I popped them in with some mushroom compost, but also put in some tomato and lettuce seedlings so they wouldn't be lonely.

Here is a later photo showing how well all the plants are growing.

Then we have a raised garden and a herb garden created on the lawn in front of the ramp. Still pretty dry when this photo was taken.

This pot below is one Craig gave me and I have put alyssum, nasturtium and lettuce around it.


Look at it now. Very pretty.

Here is a wee froggy visitor who arrived today. Perhaps he is the one from the water tanks come to have a look at us.  He is sitting on top of the clothesline on the deck.

The silver beet, lettuces, capsicums and beans are all doing well too.

And just look at how well these tomatoes are doing!

While down in the original garden beds I have a little butternut pumpkin growing. It is less than 2 inches long yet.

Well. That's all for now.  It takes ages to get all the photos loaded and my poor laptop is on its last legs.  I will come back soon with some more photos of green things as I have lots more seeds planted out in the potting shed.

Bye for now.  Lesley

A Quick Trip Down

On Friday we took a quick drive down to Kilkivan to take some stuff (for want of a better description) and to collect our trailer and some cardboard cartons for packing.

 

Our move is getting closer and with a bit of luck we will be moving out of the managers unit in just over a weeks time.

We took Enzo with us for a drive. 2 reasons. Firstly he loves to be with us and loves coming in the car.  Secondly he is going a bit stir crazy not being able to get outside and stretch his legs with a good run. If we left him here at the motel he would torment Elmo and try to climb over the gate to get out. Which he can do being such a clever cat.

Relaxing in his favourite spot.

After checking out the garden with us and generally running around letting off steam he settled into his favourite spot where he can watch all the little honeyeater birds getting the nectar from the grevilleas.

 

 

 

Very pretty little birds and singing away happily. It is so relaxing just sitting, watching and listening.

 

In the distance I could hear a tractor busily working away and he was making hay. Those big round bales.  After a while there were quite a few of them dotted around his paddock. The weather forecast was for rain so I am pleased he got it done before the rain came.

 

 

It is a bit hard to pick out the tractor, but he is right there in the middle. Yes, he is!

 

Back to Gayndah we came. The Fire and Rescue training which was booked in for this weekend has been cancelled, so we might be able to get onto some packing instead.

 

Bye for now. Will be back soon.

Back to the country

Kilkivan here we come.

Hi there.

I am back after nearly 3 years.
We have been running a motel and it left me no time to think let alone have a decent sleep and I am so very very tired all the time.

Back in January we purchased a house on 1 acre of land in Kilkivan, which is out in the country about half an hours drive from Gympie.  It is a beautiful peaceful spot and we are both really looking forward to moving here permanently.

And of course I hope to be able to keep you more up to date on my activities, be it gardening, craft, visitors or outings.

Here is one of my favourite photos of the view from our spacious deck taken very early one morning when the mist was still hanging about.

At the moment it is still so very dry here as we had almost no rain this summer.  The summer before we had the terrible floods and the creek in the middle of the picture overflowed its banks and ran right through the showgrounds.

That is all I have time for right now, but I will be back as things progress.
Bye for now
Lesley