Lately everyone's been talking about spring and how they can feel it just on the doorstep ..... finally I can say, I CAN TOO!!!
I just love these days. We've still got rain on the way in a few days, but spring is definitely in the air. The other day I heard a 'blowie' (big blowfly) in the house, you know the weathers starting to change when you can hear a blowie inside.
Today, I'm just going to post a few pics I took when I went out to welcome my 'chook children' to the day. My dear little Matthew is at kindy today .... as I was saying goodbye to him (and giving him the biggest mummy hug) his teacher came up and asked what was wrong. There was nothing at all wrong except, I just didn't want to let go!!
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| The carrots are really taking off since I fed them my special liquid chook poo! |
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| Broccoli poking its head out to say hi to the sun. |
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| It's just as well I never really have a plan for these cumquat's as Matthew and the birds just can't resist picking them off, especially when they're at 'little boy height'. |
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| I longingly look at the strawberries in the supermarket ... but I'm determined to wait. |
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| Mr Magpie quenching his thirst. |
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| Think I'll invest in some netting this year, we didn't get one peach last year, the birds just loved them too much to share. |
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| I watched this bee for ages, it buzzed from flower to flower for such a long time. |
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| One of my favourite herbs - Thyme. |
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| The lavender flowers are nearly there. |
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| Look at the blossoms on the lime .... just bursting, and there's a few limes there too. |
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| It was full of bees too ... they're so busy ... working, working, working! |
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| New growth on the orange ... this was a transplanted tree that has taken a good few years to 'recover'. |
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| And I can't wait for the gardenia to flower. I love these .... I'm hoping with the breeze I'll smell it through the bedroom windows. |
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I'm thinking that's probably enough bombardment for the day. Need to order some more seeds and get a twenty first invitation drafted for my first baby girl - who's a baby no longer!
Hope you all have a wonderful day :)
Loved all your photos Julie.. I can almost smell spring too... It rained all day today, so we have so much water about at the moment.. wish I could send some to Texas and parts of Australia where it is needed..
ReplyDeleteLovely pics, Julie.Your garden is looking magnificient.
ReplyDeleteI was reading the Green patch catalogue yesterday and I see they have really reasonably priced fruit fly netting that you can buy by the metre. I am going to give it a go, we tried mosquito nets last year, but they never last more than a season.