17.5.2025
It has rained slowly all day. I should be thrilled, but after weeks of dry sunny days it all seems so dreadfully dreary. The drought conditions have spread across Victoria, and the water in our tanks was going down, but hey, the weather we were having with perfect day following perfect day was so enjoyable. I decided to just enjoy it.
Edd and I drove up into the Dandenong’s to Cloud Hill Garden and nursery where I allowed myself to be tempted by several desirable plants. We also ate in their café, which was great. It made a really nice change from farm work.
Back home we now have two lambs. It is earlier than we expected. There is very little feed left in the paddocks and we are feeding out barley from the brewery, so we get a chance to check the sheep twice a day. The wild life is also short of food. Now the evenings are darker the roads are lethal. Indi has done serious damage to the front of her car and last night Edd hit a deer with my car, which I am not too pleased about. I have a smashed windscreen and headlight but Ti has had to order a whole new front panel for Indie’s car.
The warm days helped the winter vegetables get a good start Lots of lettuce and silver beet has sprouted and the brassicas and Boc choi seedlings I planted are doing well. Tonight, I am cooking our first pumpkin for the season, and the last of the capsicums. I enjoy eating seasonally and I wonder if it is natures plan so that if there are adverse effects from any particular vegetable the body has time to recover before it is in season again.
Ti and family are spending the weekend house sitting for Indi who has gone to Qld for a family wedding. I miss having the little ones around. They are such beautiful children and it is a real pleasure to hear them enjoying the space of farm living.
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