Monday 7 January 2008

Boring, boring, boring

The digger / excavator / post-lifter-outer. Drilling here to check the depth to bedrock under where the slab will be for the house (one day ....). The post behind me is the corner of the house, and the other corner is in the vege garden in front of me.

The pumpkins are taking over the world - they not only grew all around the outside of the garden but are now climbing up the trellis which is supposed to be for beans and tomatoes. BUT when they grow on the trellis they produce far more pumpkins. Can't figure that out, but it is good news. We now have about ten small pumpkins and one that is bigger than a soccer ball - by about 50%.

Hanneke figured the other day that we are producing about 80 percent of our vegetable requirements. We are talking about where to put the chicken yard, but that may be a few weeks yet.

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