1.5.2024
May day, and we are enjoying lovely sunny weather. Edd and I joined forces for a garden blitz, and have planted out more winter vegetables. This week we have been eating salads, leaks, and the occasional snow peas plus the first of the pumpkins and frozen beans. We even managed a round of silver beat. The fig harvest is over and the tomato plants pulled out. I have been digging up potatoes and we had the tiny ones with butter and parsley for dinner last night.
The new chooks have started to lay and the goats are coming into season so everything is happening in an ordered way. This is so different from what we hear about the rest of the world. Here, in Australia, there has been several knife attacks and with the news from America one can only assume we are seeing the collapse of an empire ushered in by a past president. Meanwhile insurance is rapidly becoming unaffordable as natural disasters pile up on each other.
The only change here is that the kangaroos are getting bolder. Every morning they are grazing just outside the house and on Monday I saw two large males in a boxing fight just by the gate. If we drive at night we have to go very slowly and keep a good look out for all the animals that dash in front of the car. I have not seen so many deer so maybe the anti-deer program had some effect. The samba deer are huge and ugly and particularly inclined to suicide moves.
I don’t think we need a rewilding program but perhaps I need to look and find out if we have any remaining stag trees. The oldest gum trees develop holes that form homes for native animals and birds. At present stag trees are still being cut down in the forests. If this is followed by fires we could speed up an already alarming extinction rate. I fear Australia is failing dismally in the move towards reclaiming a sustainable environment for flora, and fauna including humans.
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