March 20. 2014
It is hot again today
but we are getting cool nights and dew falls every morning, which is helping
the grass go green again. The ground is still terribly dry and we are feeding
hay and barley to all the stock to compensate for the lack of grazing. The new
chooks have settled down with the young ones we reared and they are all
learning the joys of dust baths.
but we are getting cool nights and dew falls every morning, which is helping
the grass go green again. The ground is still terribly dry and we are feeding
hay and barley to all the stock to compensate for the lack of grazing. The new
chooks have settled down with the young ones we reared and they are all
learning the joys of dust baths.
Today Edd has gone
back to Lee’s farm to buy more straw bales. They are needed to make the seats
for the guests at Al and Pip’s wedding. Pip’s parents came here last weekend
and we all worked together to complete the clearing of the polyhouse and build
a pizza oven in the ruins. Al also put up one of the cheap tents he ordered to
extend the under cover area. It worked out well and even came with special
white bags to fill with sand for stabilization!
back to Lee’s farm to buy more straw bales. They are needed to make the seats
for the guests at Al and Pip’s wedding. Pip’s parents came here last weekend
and we all worked together to complete the clearing of the polyhouse and build
a pizza oven in the ruins. Al also put up one of the cheap tents he ordered to
extend the under cover area. It worked out well and even came with special
white bags to fill with sand for stabilization!
I am putting in a
special effort with the garden to try and get it as neat as possible. It is
amazing how much dead matter a garden produces. We have build a burning pile
below the ruins dam and it grows larger by the day. I have trimmed the lavender
and rosemary bushes. I was very impressed by the rosemary in turkey at the hot
springs. It was trimmed into sculptured designs that looked great.
special effort with the garden to try and get it as neat as possible. It is
amazing how much dead matter a garden produces. We have build a burning pile
below the ruins dam and it grows larger by the day. I have trimmed the lavender
and rosemary bushes. I was very impressed by the rosemary in turkey at the hot
springs. It was trimmed into sculptured designs that looked great.
Last night we all went
to the hotel in Healesville and had a meal out to celebrate my eldest grandson’s
eighteenth birthday. He had taken and passed his driving test during the day
and is thrilled to be driving his own car by himself at last. Now all he needs
is the money to pay for the fuel. The meal we had was great but the service was
slow and Pip was feeling ill but at least we had some sort of celebration and
Wayne was there, (looking very slim and fit,) to give him extra birthday cash.
to the hotel in Healesville and had a meal out to celebrate my eldest grandson’s
eighteenth birthday. He had taken and passed his driving test during the day
and is thrilled to be driving his own car by himself at last. Now all he needs
is the money to pay for the fuel. The meal we had was great but the service was
slow and Pip was feeling ill but at least we had some sort of celebration and
Wayne was there, (looking very slim and fit,) to give him extra birthday cash.
Bo and her family are
in Italy and we get up dates on the E-mail about all the wonderful sites they
are seeing. It all sounds like a very active holiday. I am worried that I have
no news about my mother from the UK but Bo will be there soon and we will get a
better picture of how things are going.
in Italy and we get up dates on the E-mail about all the wonderful sites they
are seeing. It all sounds like a very active holiday. I am worried that I have
no news about my mother from the UK but Bo will be there soon and we will get a
better picture of how things are going.
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