Friday, May 20, 2011

Just planted the malus hupensis. It's the tea crabapple. Hope it makes a nice tea with the berries. I am investigating establishing a berry patch up near the cherry trees. Lots of weeding etc to do at the moment while it's possible to make progress. Beautiful weather . I planted some lettuce,coriander and spinach seeds a while back. Only the lettuce and coriander have appeared. The raspberries are still going strong. Quite surprising - picked a bowl yesterday. I should investigate planting an early variety to keep them going from Dec to end May. I like the autumn bearers because they are mindless to prune. Everything right down to the ground.
Planted some snow peas about a week ago. I also harvested 6kg of Jerusalem Artichokes. The evidently have a low GI and we like them. They make good mash and a also good baked.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Planted some bulbs yeasterday. Daffiodils, snowflakes, freesias all around where the roses are and in pot . Sowed some coriander,spinach and lettuce seeds. Lots of weeds around. Beautiful day today. I need to get outside in the sun and work.