June 2021 Update

Well I am exhausted after a week of dealing with a sick little boy, advocating for my daughter at school, connecting with local gardeners, and trying to get an honesty stall up and running because otherwise my plant babies will never find homes!

I posted on Instagram the other day about some of the things in the garden that were making me happy, because I needed to stop and take notice for a few minutes. I’m slowly learning to take a time out for myself. It’s only taken 50 years but a regular dose of mindfulness does wonders. I’ve tried to set up meditation habits to get that mindfulness, but sitting and meditating is particularly hard when you are trying to coral an ADHD mind. Moving meditation like wandering around the garden or going for a walk is much easier.

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I’ve been enjoying getting cuttings from a few local gardeners, expanding my plant collection and stopping to have a chat with people in the community.

So what is happening in the garden? The garlic is doing great; I still have one zucchini that is producing well and I want to sow a couple more seeds. We don’t really need more than two on the go at a time. I planted some seed potatoes yesterday or the day before so it will be interesting to see how they go. The plan is to get the hang of staggering the planting of some things for a continual harvest rather than getting it all at once. The Mini Amish tomatoes have lots of fruit, but my larger San Marzano are not moving at all. I think I sowed them too late in the season. I might try sowing some more seeds and put them in my little greenhouse.

The asparagus has finally slowed down. I had cut it down last month – mainly because I was worried about snakes and it just wasn’t dying off. However I’ve now discovered that if I break the stems the plant will take back the energy and the fronds will die off. So next year I will do that!

The rest of the garden is ticking along fine, the chili could do with another prune and the rosemary is struggling a bit because we got a lot of rain last month but it seems to be coming back.

And I did manage to get my honesty stall going – it’s not the most elegant stall set up I’ve seen but it’s a start. I’m planning (with Mr T’s help) to improve on the design over the coming months. I’m keen to see if I can share some of our excess harvest through the stall as well – we tend to grow way more than we need.

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Oh and I discovered my neighbour works in a landscape nursery so I managed to score some Pothos that were being thrown out 😁 I keep wanting to call it Porthos but I think that was one of the Three Musketeers 😂

Craft wise I’ve been doing a bit of this, a bit of that, learning how to make produce bags and I made another bag/basket for my yarn stash. I mentioned last month I was hoping to get walking or running again, and I have made a start but there’s not been much progress because of my littlest boy being sick. It is absolutely stunning down at the waterfront at the moment though.

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