I've been weeding today. It used to be the vegetable garden of the man who lived here permanently, up until 9 years ago. Eric had a fabulous flower garden too and some of it is still blooming. Not being here all year, we couldn't keep it going and no one else had the interest. But this year, Richard Rush put in a lot of work, renewing and remaking the vegetable garden beside our van.
Entrance to garden
He went to a lot of trouble to prepare the raised beds. I told him that we were going to move out when he dug in chook poo. Boy was it smelly!! It has had a marvellous effect, though. He has planted carrots, parsnips, lettuces of different kinds, silverbeet, two sorts of onions, corn, tomatoes, capsicum and zucchini. I've put in mint and seeds of thyme and parsley. In the paddock outside the fence, he has planted pumpkin and watermelon.
Richard and Marion have gone for a short holiday and the garden is our baby while they are away. Our main task is to keep it watered but there has been rain every second day, so we haven't had much to do. Everything is thriving and I'm sure the tomatoes in particular have grown many inches in the last 6 days that they have been away.
We have set a date to leave here. It's Thursday 27th October. That means Friday at the earliest. Everyone would be so surprised and disappointed if we broke our tradition of never leaving on the day we planned!! Shortly after we arrive home, we are going down to Melbourne for our nephew Shane's wedding on Nov 5th. Then on Nov 11th, it's a "girls' weekend away." There's a lot to look forward to.
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