Not to waste the basil mum and dad dropped off – the girls and i made Pesto this morning. Only bugger was that i could not find my pesto jar!

So from the above to the below! Only comment is that since the basil has been growing under the tomato vines they are quite tall a sparse.  Seems like the plant has been putting all the effort into growing tall to compete for light. Putting all its energy into stem girth and not leaf size! Just a thought…

First vegie patch crop
Sprayed for wandering jew

First kitchen garden harvest

Dad, this video is copied from Facebook into the blog – you can copy any videos and embed them in a post. If someone else tries to view the original file – it wont let them.

Sprayed larger patches of wandering jew with Starane…misty rain falling while spraying…hopefully will not be a problem.

First crop harvested….tomatoes, lettuce, basil, corn and spinach

Trimmed Darcy…fairly easy after the rain.

From the 29th December to the 31st Wollombi played guests to James, John, Bel, Charllote and Sophie. It was a good couple of days with the kids. Charllote went on multiple walks with all and sundry. Catching oversixzed tadpoles in the water trough on the up stream paddock and being a general nusiance. Sophie was happy playinf with her toys and playing “red light, green light” on the tractor. Bel got stuck into he TM’s whilst James and John played multiplayer battleship via wifi on the iphones!

Fun was had by all.

Charlotte

Charlotte enjoying a cool cup of tea on a rainy December morning on the Verandah.

Trimmed the BLO..full trim…much needed!