Warmest weekend of the year so far, so once more we stocked up with cider and beers (you might spot a growing trend here) and spent as much time as possible in the garden.
Had a good general tidy up and then built a new (smaller) raised bed next to the fence and planted it up with peas. We have not done peas for a few years - last time we tried, due to space restrictions, we just put 3 plants in a pot with a cane wig-wam to grow up. It worked OK but for the amount of work we only got enough peas for about 10 small portions. With the new garden layout, this time we have put in 20 seedlings so hopefully a bumper crop is on the way this year. Should be enough room in the bed for another crop too - thinking of trying beetroot.
Also got some more of the fence painted - its going to be a long ongoing project as most of the fencing has something growing up it, so we are having to carefully paint around all the plants. I will explain more when we are a little further along and I can put up some pictures, but for now lets just say that it adds some colour and fun to both our garden and end of the street - its attracting plenty of comments from those walking past anyway.
Update on the chooks - things are looking good and im hoping to try putting them all together again on Wednesday night.
And finally....
A big thanks to Derrick (our plumber) and Steve (our electrician) who both spent all day Sunday working on the brick shed im converting to an outdoor utility room (our kitchen is just too tiny for everything). The electrics are now finished and Derrick is coming back this weekend to finish the plumbing. Feeling really good about it - another one of our projects is coming to an end and the result is going to be so useful.
