The list:
- Start the truck and move it to rotate the tyres.
- Chop wood which serves two purposes - make the block safe in fire season; fire wood for to keep us warm in Melbourne.
- Add hay from our daughter's pet rabbits and food scraps to the compost.
- Plant rhubarb and spring onions in the orchid.
- Check on the Nodding Saltbush which I freed from oxalis over two weeks ago.
Nick likes to start the truck, Little Red, every visit so that if needs be we know that it still functions. The wheels need turning as, if left in the one spot, they will end up with a flat spot.
Clearing the block in preparation for summer is necessary as the wood that is lying on the ground can potentially fuel a wayward fire. It is hard making the decision to clear as each piece of wood on the ground is a potential home for a creature. Nick cut pieces of wood today only to find that he had disturbed an ant colony. We left at the block and hope that we haven't thrown them into crisis.
Planting the rhubarb and spring onions is a tester really. I have both in my Melbourne garden. I know that rhubarb leaves are poisonous and I am hoping that rabbits and possums won't eat them. I also believe that they won't eat the spring onions. I mixed the soil with home prepared compost. Then I watered them and added the accumulated rabbit hay, left over food and their litter full of droppings.
As for the Nodding Saltbush, I thought that it was a Nodding Saltbush (India nutans). However, I think that it is a Berry Saltbush (Atriplex semibaccata). I am clearing away more oxalis. It seems to choke everything.
Clearing the block in preparation for summer is necessary as the wood that is lying on the ground can potentially fuel a wayward fire. It is hard making the decision to clear as each piece of wood on the ground is a potential home for a creature. Nick cut pieces of wood today only to find that he had disturbed an ant colony. We left at the block and hope that we haven't thrown them into crisis.
Planting the rhubarb and spring onions is a tester really. I have both in my Melbourne garden. I know that rhubarb leaves are poisonous and I am hoping that rabbits and possums won't eat them. I also believe that they won't eat the spring onions. I mixed the soil with home prepared compost. Then I watered them and added the accumulated rabbit hay, left over food and their litter full of droppings.
We arrived at 12.30, then completed and left by 4.30pm. It was then a usual stop over at the Irish Pub in Kilmore for wine and Irish beer on the way home.
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