Preparation

Hubby and I spent the morning in the garden. 

The sun is shining and and it wasn’t too cold 

We started by pulling out the cabbages. 

There were six in here but one was eaten by bugs so that one went into the pile 

To be fed to the chickens. 

The other five came into the kitchen 

We weeded and pulled out the plants that had gone to seed. 

The chickens got lots of greens to eat this morning 

Both beds then got a top dressing of compost and a couple one hand fulls of all purpose organic fertiliser 
And we added the mulch. 

They’re now ready for. Spring plantings 

These are the strawberry towers. 

We have planted out one. They take 20 plants 

I’ll get some more seedlings during the week and finish the second one 

My lilac is flowering such a happy sight 

Because I don’t spray I had to wash my cabbages very well. 

To get rid of all the extra protein that might be in them 

Lots of little slugs and a couple of snails.  

If you soak them the little bugs will come to the surface to not drown. 

Even so. I took small handfuls to put in the colanders checking them thoroughly  

The neighbours across the road gave us a heap of onions so I cooked up about half of them 

And added some of the cabbage 

I cooked them and have put them in containers for the freezer 



The rest of the cabbage went into bags to freeze. 

I’ll use them when I’m cooking 

There are still four cabbages out back 

But I’m done for today 

Now to wait for the seedlings to get big enough to plant out