SEEDING IS BELIEVING

Here is why I am so excited about my gardening journey. These are my climbing beans. The photo on the left is 2 days ago and take a look at what I woke up to this morning, the photo below. Incredible growth rate!!!

Oh and remember what I said about the highs and lows of gardening..... grab a tissue......after Fob "graced us with her presence" this morning I had to regrettably inform her that her newly planted sunflower - grown from seed, all her own work - had been trodden on by our local possum community overnight and hence it had been "broken" in half.... it is now in the compost bin. Yes she was disappointed though she promptly set about planting some more seeds in our peat pots so hopefully all will be OK. Children....so forgiving.



We had some lovely rain yesterday and I thought that this was a great time to let you see a way of storing water. We don't have a tank. We do however have an ingenious device known as a downpipe diverter (my name given to it, not the manufacturers). I have a hose attached to it permanently to guide the water into our pool. I also have, as you can see, a bin which I use to collect rainwater and use on my pots. I think this is great and makes it makes me feel so ec0-friendly when I use it. Gotta love that I think.