Still alive!!!

Wow it's been almost 2 weeks since I last posted.

We've had a spate of bad weather, and I came down with the plague which explains my absence - not much gardening being done by moi. Today though, I can say that I have more radishes sprouting, more turnips, some unexpected chillies, lettuce, and a few reluctant swiss chards.

And quite a few carrots. My biggest problem is that I can't currently tell the carrots from the weeds.

I've mulched another chunk of the neglected veg patch in preparation for the tomatoes so hopefully this year will be better than last.

I still need to do some research on aloes so I can find out the right ones for my area. I'm hoping that by planting more indigenous flora I'll bring more birds into the garden. Already there seems to be a small flock - flocklet? - of green wood hoopoes who make an unbelievable racket in the trees and on the chimney stack. They sit therer bobbing and cackling, like fishwives at a vulgar joke.

It's really cool to see them coming in to our garden on a semi-regular basis.