Spring At Nirvana

Kate, Its good to share your adventure, your words at least as your pictures are so s-l-o-w to load (20min= half a picture) But I’m willing to sit through a slide show or two on your return to see them! I guess I should expect such a slow connection since I live in the slow lane. However it is frustrating after a long day weeding the berries.
Spring has arrived with a population explosion. These cute little fluff balls are hatching everywhere I don’t recall such a success rate for many years, there may be a message about season in this also I have a hen sitting on a batch of eggs and these are due to hatch in the next week.
The main orchard jobs at this time of the year are weeding, composting and mulching the berries. This short season will be on us all too quickly. Today on the answering machine is an order for Christmas raspberries. It’s also an important time to put the biodynamic preparations out and reconnect with the land after winter. It is also be time to dig up the horns and compost preparations as well as making some more barrel compost and casuarina tea.
Ting has been helping out each Tuesday. Yesterday we weeded a couple of vegie beds while waiting for the valley to dry out a little after a heavy dew, organized a couple of beds for Ting to grow some vegies with out water restrictions before helping Quentin string up the hops, it was then back to weeding the berries before stirring some barrel compost and putting it out on the gardens and orchards. Tomorrow the gardens and orchards will receive their 500 and the valley berries will have their turn Thursday& Friday.

Once the berries are organised I can spend a little more time in the gardens, however all the seeds planted August are up and have been potted up (Some for Kate) So all the tomatoes ,capiciums, eggplant and cucumbers are ready to be transplanted into their permanent beds next new moon. Regular monthly planting have continued to ensure daily harvest.