Week 11

At the beginning of the week I set about weeding the vegetable garden. It's now 80% done and I hope to finish it tomorrow. Well, that's all the big weeds pulled out anyway. The small weeds are starting to grow again already! The potatoes are all ready to come out and I also discovered a pumpkin growing in amongst the weeds too.

The birds continue to eat the fruit off the trees before we can get to it. However the passionfruit is just about ready to eat.

I mowed the grass (using the ride-on mower) in the lavender field this week as it was starting to grow back again. It took two hours to mow the whole field. Compare that to the several days it took last time!

The following day I attempted to mow the lawn. The ride-on mower broke down AGAIN! That's the third time now! The belt that controls the lowering of the blades split and fell off. Am really not impressed. P ended up mowing the whole lawn with the push mower at the weekend and it took nearly 3 hours.

Last night we got woken up by one of our cats meowing in the hallway. He'd brought us a present. Not a mouse, not a rat, not a bird. A rabbit. Way to go Spot!

Our homemade bread is going down well. We've been through two loaves this week. Keeping it in the freezer has encouraged me to eat it more. Isn't it funny how the convenience of already being sliced makes you want to use it, or the inconvenience of having to slice it whenever you want some makes you not want to bother. When really it only takes a few seconds. It freezes well, but sticks together a bit, which makes it hard to break apart.

We were out late one night during the week. Coming home there were just so many stars in the sky. It was amazing. All the constellations were there. I don't know if I've ever seen the Milky Way before. It was beautiful.

-M