... on what's going on in the garden?

My thumbs have a greenish tinge! There has been the planting of a punnet of silverbeet. I believe they're Fordhook Giant.

There has been the cutting and drying of two types of sprouting potatoes, Sebago and another one with a red skin and lovely pinkish flesh, the name of which I don't know.

There has been the planting of these potatoes into some spud bags from the Diggers Club. I'll be removing that straw from the top - it's been hot here for the past few days and I wanted to keep the moisture in the bags for a bit.

There has been the purchase and installation of a large Aerobin compost bin. It's the type that has a collection tank at the bottom for the lovely compost liquid that you can use to give your plants a boost.

Thankyou C for making me such a lovely concrete slab to put the compost bin on! Now it won't slide down the hill when it rains and a torrent starts up through this spot. 

What else? My kale seeds have come up! I'm quite happy about that as they only took a couple of days. I haven't grown kale before but I love it panfried with gnocchi and smoky bacon.

No sign of the zucchinis yet though.  

Patience! Not my strongest trait, I must say!

... on the coming of Autumn.

It's been raining here. Lots. Yesterday when it stopped for a moment I went out to check on the chooks and became distracted by the compost... the whole lovely decomposing heap of it was covered in little mushrooms!

I simply love this time of year - when the stifling heat and humidity of summer finally gives way to the promise of coolness. Last week I noticed that subtle shift in the light - a sort of clarity? which to me means that summer is over. I struggle through summer - now I feel like I'm about to come alive again!
Happy Autumn to you!