Updates

Well, Tareka and Jason dismantled the collapsed bit of greenhouse, so we now only have 1 bay left in which to plant undercover, but we were thinking a lot of the stuff we want to grow will be fine outside, so we're not losing out on much. We've all been really busy with other things lately, and with new baby on the way it's looking likely that the garden will be taking a back seat for a while.

The berry garden back at our house is finally all in though. We have 3 gooseberry bushes, 2 redcurrant, 2 blackcurrant, 3 raspberry, 3 blackberry and 2 hybridberry (which are a bit like boysenberry). Tareka is constructing a frame for the bird netting now, so come summer we should have a decent crop and jam making will ensue!

Pictures of the berry patch to come.

Destruction!

We've had a night of high winds and rain over in the Land of the Long White Cloud, and it's done some serious damage to the plastic houses where we're growing the veg. One side of one of the bays has completely collapsed and is utterly knackered! T and J are planning to take it down on the next free weekend, but it looks like we're losing half the space we had planned for veggies! It was going to be the permenant bed area, so we may still be able to do that, just out in the open.

Here's a picture finally!

The menagerie

OK, so I finally got around to taking some pictures of the beasties at our mates' place where we're growing our garden. They have 3 kuni-kuni piglets who are a great form of waste-disposal and 3 chickens who don't seem to lay much! We're planning to get some sheep in too, and when the orchard is planted, the piggies will be able to run around in there and clean up for us!
Here's a few pics of the beasts and one of the garden, which is back to pretty much bare land now that we're in Winter once again.