Meet our new family member Bailey! She was a birthday gift for Kye’s 11th birthday. She’s a Golden Retriever and she’s about 5 months old now.
Sandy is thrilled to have a new friend to frolic with in the garden and it has given her a new lease on life!
It’s April already and we should be experiencing cooler weather as winter approaches but it’s still extremely hot here during the day. Hopefully it will stay this way for a while longer before the cold sets in 🙂
Enjoy the rest of your week.
Hello!
Our Butternuts are ready, the vines have started to die down and we’ve begun harvesting! Richard and Kye planted these towards the end of last year. We had an old trampoline pit from years ago, we filled it up with compost, grass cuttings and horse manure and planted seedlings. They’ve done so well!
The potatoes are almost ready, just a few more weeks to go.
Ahhh, these have been my favourite so far! Buttery and delicious!
We also tried growing black tomatoes, full of flavour! It’s really exciting to be growing our own food again, the price of veggies is astronomical at the moment, so I get such a sense of accomplishment and pride when I walk out into our garden and pick food for our table. I’ve also sewn wheatgrass seeds in trays, we’re going to start juicing again as soon as it’s ready, I can’t wait.
The rains have come! We are still experiencing a drought but the Vaal Dam is about 65% full. We’ve been collecting rainwater under our downpipes, I can’t believe how quickly the drums fill up and we are recycling our grey water.
And… here’s a photo of Lou ♥
Have a lovely week x
Hello,
I really appreciate all of your comments and for your visits to this space. Life is incredibly busy now and the days are flying by. I cannot believe it’s almost Christmas, it seems that I have just packed up all the decorations and now it’s time to take them all down from the cupboards again! I was grateful to hear from a few readers who were missing my posts. I will be posting more often and really enjoy sharing here and of course love hearing from you. I am also posting frequently on Instagram as Mamma4earth
We’ve just returned from a lovely holiday at the beach. We haven’t been for a while, it’s an eight-hour drive in the car but was worth the trip.
I spotted a bluebottle on the beach, they are beautiful.
Kye and I found some scoured out rock pools that had tiny ecosystems living in them.
Everyone enjoyed the beach, I really wish we lived closer.
I’ve been enjoying knitting on the Blue Light Hat. It was originally designed by Kerstin Olsson in 1959 and was updated by Solveig Gustafsson in 2008. The shades of yarn are breathtaking when combined in their respective rounds. ?✨ Kye has seen it and has already claimed ownership.?
Discovering windmills is my absolute favourite activity when we’re on a roadtrip.
Found some stunning seaglass on the beach…
I took this photo of the sunrise at 4:45 am the morning we drove back, it was beautiful and the sun disappeared into the clouds almost instantly.
It’s been a while since I last posted, our phone cables were stolen and most of our neighbourhood was without phones lines and internet for almost a month. I am very grateful to have it back now and wanted to share a little of what we’ve been up to. September is my birthday month and Jenna gave me these exquisite Delphiniums as a gift. I loved having hem greeting me each time I walked into the lounge.
Another birthday gift, a subscription, Grow to Eat, this one from my hubby, such a wonderful magazine!!
Now that winter is officially over, our chickens have finished their moulting and are back to laying profusely. I always find it a little strange how, as soon as the weather begins to cool, they start to moult…
Many months ago, a female Praying Mantis appeared in the entrance hall of our home and layed a chrysalis (also called a ootheca, I had no idea!) right by the front door. I had given up hope of them ever hatching as months and months had passed and then suddenly there were hundreds.
The Vaal Dam is almost empty, there is no rain in sight and water restrictions have been imposed. I need to find a way to save our garden and veggie patch. I’ve started placing these water bottles near the base of our larger plants. Small holes are made at the base of the bottle so that the water can slowly leak out, almost like drip irrigation. An idea from the magazine above. It’s working exceptionally well so far! If you have any other ideas, please do let me know in the comments.
Of course, I had to include a photo of Lou. I find him extremely photogenic and adore him!! He always seems so wise 🙂
Our Bougainvillea seems to love the hot, dry weather, its blooms are incredibly vivid this year.
Thanks so much for reading our story and say hi in the comments if you have some time 🙂
I’m off to plant a few more mini reservoirs out in the garden.
