Good morning!

Monday is (amongst other things) Water The Roses and Strawberries Day. As the summer comes on, I'll do that in the mornings, but while the tradies are working out there, leave it till after they've gone.

This is what the working part of the garden looks like right now. We have spinach, chard, kale, lettuce, beetroot, peas, early climbing beans, cabbage, cauliflower, potatoes (Jonathons - self-sown: I know it's too early!!! ) broccoli, broccolini, radishes, chillis, sweet chillis, garlic, (Jonathon put it in for us during the settlement phase and it's just about ready for harvest) carrots, pak choy, and the fruit trees - three apples, a prolific orange, a lemon that Jonathon's mother-in-law brought in Forbes. Oh, and the strawberries. And four kinds of thornless berries along the fence and two olive trees. And a nectarine.

And the chickens of course.

Except for Jonathon's work (the layout, the fruit and berries, the garlic, the soil, the compost - god, but we're lucky!) all this is in the very early stages - at the moment we're taking in oranges and leafy greens and that's all. (And the herbs from the herb pots - photos of herbs later.)

Bowral Weather

CURRENT CONDITIONS IN BOWRAL, NSW
Current Temp:13.6°C	Humidity: 84%	Pressure:1021.8hPa
Feels like: 12°C	Wind Speed: 18kp/h (Gusts: 30kp/h)
Dew Point: 10.9°C	Wind Direction: N/A

Current Observations @ 9/09/2013 8:00:00 AM

FORECASTS
Monday, September 09	10°C - 22°C		Fog then sunny
Tuesday, September 10	14°C - 21°C		Windy
Wednesday, September 11	7°C - 15°C		Mostly sunny
Thursday, September 12	5°C - 14°C		Mostly sunny

Coolish morning today -

and cloudy.

The plum tree has lost its blossom and gone into beautiful pink leaves. Got to identify the white tree - it's so beautiful and full of wrens.

CURRENT CONDITIONS IN BOWRAL, NSW
Current Temp: 11.1°C	Humidity: 92%	Pressure: 1026.8hPa
Feels like: 10.4°C	Wind Speed: 7kp/h (Gusts: 9kp/h)
Dew Point: 9.9°C	Wind Direction: N/A

The job today for Paul is to spray (Acelepryn) for grubs, using 90ml for the entire property. Usually this would be done mid-Sept, but we have a lot to get through. . This is the latest in his maintenance jobs - last week he sprayed (Confidor)  for scale on the Viburnum ( broadleafed hedge) at the front and sides.

In June, he and David Prior dead-headed all the front garden plants that required it,. David pruned the roses in late August. 


We drove out to the abandoned saleyards Paul had  found up on the road to the Wombeyan Caves today, and collected the promised fence posts for the new walk into the chamomile lawn. And I got a few for the vegie garden as well.  They are so very pretty  :)  

Fen (AW) mentioned today that blossoms on determinate plant (esp chillies, eggplant, bush tomatoes) should be plucked until the bush has reached 1/2 its adult size.