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Date: 27 June 2008 07:09:03
Yes, I'm currently edging into the lead in the race to eat my vegetables before the slugs/bugs do. I've dumped ash and charcoal all around the veges and I've laid sliced lemon all around them too. That seems to have allowed them time to grow some new leaves. I've been praying over them too, so maybe God's helping out.
I've taken some canes from pruning the pom pom tree and made a little dome with them over the celery. That's helped a bit too. Maybe it was possums eating my plants? I might tape some plastic to the canes and turn it into a green house.
We've planted a couple of different varieties of Banksia plants along the fence too. It does mean that when they grow there will be no more veges in that patch of sun, but it was time to block out the neighbour's ugly shed. It's just a bit too painful to be reminded every time we leave the front door that we used to chat through the fence (It's a 10 cm wire grid - very open) to our lovely old neighbours. Now, despite being in the exact same demographic as our new neighbours in almost every area, age, stage, religion, interests and job, there's no chatting through the fence any more. There isn't even any waving in the street. It's very sad. Should I care at all? Do I just feel rejected? Or maybe grieving loss of connection and community?
Well, I'm very glad that the weekend is here. Now I can sleep in, and get up and garden. If it's not too cold that is:-)