Sowing

Sown one seed tray of Cosmos.

Made one long wire frame for protecting crops.

Sowing and planting out

Turned the compost and mulched the bed under the grapefruit and maple.
Four zucchini planted out in the vege bed.
Sown 12 modules of Money Maker tomatoes, 12 of Californian Delight capsicum. Two 8cm pots of rocket.
Built 2 seedtrays.

The waratah is flowering and looking good.
The paths need spraying, and some need strimming to access properly.

Snowpeas are beginning to flower.

Rocket planted a month ago has dried out today and so needed rescuing. Ron's capsicums have not sprouted, so I have disposed of them. The butternut squash in the garage have sprouted and I have moved them to the cold frame.

Marigolds are beginning th flower and need planting out.

More seed sowing - salvia and cosmos

Put together another seedtray, repaired an old seedtray.
Sown one seedtray of red salvia.
Sown one seedtray of cosmos.

The weather has been wet for much of the week, with warm air until Friday.

Sowing and planting out

Seived compost to third bin.

Built two deep seed trays.

Sown two trays of red salvia Blade of Fire dwarf.
Sown one 6-module large sweet chilli (seed obtained from Ron).
Sown one 6-module butternut squash.
Sown one 6-module capsicum.
Sown one 6-module tomato "money maker".
Sown two small plastic trays rocket.

Thinned out lobelia. They are still very small, less than 2 cm leaf to root tip.
Planted out 12 snow peas along the back wire fence.
Repotted two butternut squash from a small pot to two 10 cm pots.

Building a coldframe

The lobelia sown last weekend are beginning to show. Coriander is sprouting nicely now.

Finished building a coldframe, 120cm x 90cm x 70cm. I made the mistake of building the front and back first, then attached the sides. It would be better to do the sides first as they are more complex. A flat at the top allows the lid to be easily hinged.

Moved the marigold seedlings and some other into the frame to make space in the garage.

Lawn maintenance

Mowed the middle lawn. Its very mossy so I spread Weed and Feed on it to be rained in over the weekend.
Put together a small seedtray 30cm x 20 cm.

Mostly sowing

Showery but mild day today.

Planted another seed tray of marigolds.
Planted two 8 cm pots of butternut squash, two seeds in each.
Planted two 8 cm pots of canteloup melon, two seeds in each.
Planted out 10 snow pea seedlings, now about 10cm to 15 cm tall at the end of the middle veg bed.

The two trays of marigolds sown last weekend are showing. The onions are not.

Built two new seed trays.

Compost, cleaning and cutting back

Turned compost, took some semi-matured out to mulch the easternmost vege patch, which contains two blueberry bushes.
Raked up wisteria leaves.
Cut back two ornamental grasses.
Took old flower stalks off the sedum close to the garage. They are multiplying well after thefirst year.

Took old leaves of the budding hellebores to display the flowers to full effect. They look quite bare now.

Constructed another seed tray.
Sowed 36 sweet pea seeds in modules, placed in cold frame.

Pruning, mulching, repotting, weeding.

Its been a pleasant day with plenty of sun and a max of 15 degrees, and no wind.

Broke up a pallet board for kindling, but some planks were suitable for a new seed tray 30cm x 40cm, so cut them to size ready to put together.
Repotted the hellebores into 2l pots, and the helleborus foetidis from a 2l pot into a trough by the rumpus room.
Sprinkled some growmore on the garlic, which are beginning to sprout.
Mowed the lower lawn and mulched the salt bush and hydrangea clippings from last week and week before last with the mower. Clippings put on the composting waste by the woodpile at the end of the lower lawn.
The pool pump is still leaking and so switched off to give me time to look at the problem.
Pruned hydrangea by alstroemeria.
Brought up some more branches that fell from the pine last spring ready to cut into logs.
Cut down some tobacco weed and treated the stalks with woody weedkiller.

Preparing Seed Trays

Repaired one seed tray that had come apart at one side - a simple job of screwing it back.
Constructed two more trays from old pallet boards, glued and nailed, one sized to suit the boards, the other 30x40 cm to fit 12 10x10 cm flower pots.