Necessary Knowledge

I am Strong, because I have been weak,

I am Beautiful because I know my flaws,

I'm a Good lover because I'm a great fighter, 

I am totally fearless because I've been very afraid 

I am WISE because I have been very foolish...

And I can laugh because I have known true sadness...

Today is the second day of spring.

The Photograph - was taken in the late afternoon with a storm pending, these beautiful purple flowers appeared amongst the Lantana on the cliff behind my house.  Each day new blossoms bloom out there and so I am sure there will be many more photographic opportunities out there.

Didn't we have some massive spring rain last evening!  With that came a washing of the mess we had made in the garden the last couple of days.  We moved the compost and the making of the new garden alongside the fence.  Feeding of all the worm farms came in perfect time for all of this.

The new rocket is up already and the beans I planted the other day have sprouted through to keep the other beans company. They are already performing early and a little out of season.   Now the season is approaching where I will reap so much for our efforts.  I plan to blanch and freeze in recycled margarine containers the excess so as to insure a steady supply of food for the next few months.  

The Garden on right hand side behind the shed is now sporting a potato mound in front of the banana trees and they seem to being doing well.  It is my plan to get this mound to approximately 3 feet in height. I will do this with a series of sticks standing up and newspaper wadding as my sides similar to the "potatoes in tyres" idea and my newspaper will break down and this should theoretically have potatoes all the way through this mound once the flowers have died down the track.  We shall see how successful this is.  Today we will transplant some seedlings to a much needed new home and the weekend is approaching.  The garden loves the weekend.

Image by Mezza