The early morning mist cleared and the sun set all the dew on the fresh growth sparking. My poor husband has to teach maths today at the local high school but I got to stay here. Even the goats were in a relaxed mood and milking them was a pleasure. Most of the adult goats are pregnant but we get enough from them to feed ourselves and the two calves. Milking is a peaceful occupation at this time of year because we do it by hand. The milking machine takes a lot of cleaning after use and it is quicker not to bother with it when the goats are not in full production.
Our new chooks are laying well and the vegetables and grass grow noticeably over night. We are eating rocket, silver beet, celery. spinach, parsley, and stored pumpkins. The broad beans are in flower and there the snow peas have started to climb their poles. I need to get the potatoes into the ground and start some summer crops off indoors.
It is also orchid flowering time. My youngest son has left me in charge of his native orchids that have tiny pretty blooms. I was given an orchid buy a guest last year that had a perfect magenta flower. It lasted so well for so long that I actually checked just incase it was an artificial after a couple of months! Now that I discovered that I can actually have orchids around with out killing them I have treated myself to something quite spectacular, which has even better flowers. It is now the star of my indoor jungle.
There are no plants outside by our new house because I do not want the work needed to prevent it becoming a fire hazard. Instead I have a rock garden between the house and the big dam. The view of the hills and the bush beyond the dam gives us a picture window outlook from the house with out any additions at all. the vegetables and fruit trees are have stayed round the ruins of our old house were there they can be watered from the dam water tank. The old brick floor that we had in our old house is now a patio area, and we have put up a roof to provide shelter from the sun and rain. It provides a wonderful venue for parties and tour groups.
We are still putting the final touches to our new house. This week my husband has had help from Steve to put up the doors he has been making. they are made from thick recycled wood and look very solid. At the moment there is no privacy here at all , which has not really mattered because we have no houses or roads that can see in. We have been pinning up fabric over the bedroom door openings when we have visitors but the wooden doors are a big improvement. We have even got curtain rails ready to put up. Once they are up I will have to sew curtains and I am not looking forward to that job.
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