Well, I took more photos today.
I also did some construction!!
SO, thanks to some tomato stakes, freecycle (Thanks Greg!) for the polypipe, donated shadecloth (Thanks Lucretia!) and a roll of packing tape (yes... I said packing tape.....) here it is...

The Vegie garden SHADE!!!!



And another shot from the other end...





So here's to keeping the rainbow chard from wilting




Meanwhile, a few more garden pics...

The potato patch (yes, its' a true miracle, and now I have little potato plants popping up all over the place!)



The pumpkins




New tomatoes, (there are some basil plants and some capsicums or chillis in there too )



The peas




My nectarine tree, which isn't very happy at the moment.
I have just watered it again and mulched it up with some fresh pea straw. Poor tree really needs to go in the ground, only there isn't any prepared ground to put it in yet.




This is what the chooks look like now. Take a good look at the white rooster - if I'm feeling motivated enough I will be getting up stupidly early tomorrow to put him in a box and take him down to the auctions. 2 roosters is definetly 1 too many - possibly even 2, but we're willing to give the handsome black fella a second chance..




Next to the current chook run is a tamarillo tree. It's flowering and starting to fruit madly. I fertilised it a bit when we first got here and it seems to have made a difference. Now I just have to remember to water it lots - and try and find recipes for the fruit.



ALso next to the run is this thing. It appeared all by itself from UNDER the weed mat. It has no thorns at all. I'm hoping it's a thornless blackberry that I can get some yummy fruit off over the years. Then again it might be a weed. It also might not get the chance to make any fruit, especially if the chickens get to the flowers!





THis is my rain gauge. Why the photo? Because the other week it told me I had some rain and I coudln't figure out how much it was. SO here it is.



And this is what the bottom says



Essentially - I'd had 15 mms of rain. One day I will learn to read things properly.

Last but not least I thought I'd pop this pic in - this is the back of our house from the development that is going on over our back fence. (Yes, there is a fence there, its' just a dog-wire one that you can hardly see)





Loads of big trucks over there again today and dust everywhere! Oh well. One day they will be finished. One day!!!


That's it from me!