Little Plotters

The Children have really taken to gardening as well and most of them have there own little plots of land, an example of which is shown here


They all love watching there little seedlings pop up and grow. The above garden has Capsicum seedlings (courtesy of David Grubb), lettuce, Pak Choi and Rocket

New Chook - Tractor/pen

We recently acquired a new chook-pen/tractor to house our 3 chooks. It is 2/3 fenced with the other 1/3 colourbond. If anyone has any idea whether there are any cheap ones in Queensland, could you please leave a comment on this post. Any feedback will be appreciated. (To leave a comment, click on the "(#) comments" words at the bottom of any post). Here is a photo of it:

"Top" Garden update

An update on our "top" garden: Everything is going well and we just had our first harvest, Radishes. Here are some Pictures of our flourishing "top" garden:

The yellow flowers in the photo below are Pak Choi, an Asian vegetable that can be found at most supermarkets. There are 2 types of Pak Choi, Green and White. The green tends to grow tightly where as the white variety grow more loose leaf and go to seed easier. The variety we have in the "top" garden is white but we have the both green and white in the bottom garden (see "Hi! I'm back!"). A similar vegetable is Bak Choi, but don't get them mixed up!

Radishes are a good plant because they take up a very small amount of space and are good for children with little patience as they sprout and grow quickly. Here is a photo of one of our first Radishes:

Hi! I'm Back!

Hello, Hello! Sorry I have been so taken up with my Gardening I forgot about letting all you know! As a result I now have heaps of things to tell.
OK. Firstly We started a new garden, the "bottom" garden, with more Pak Choi, Onion, Garlic, Peas and even (something new...) Capsicum. Here are the photos of this garden: