Week 35

Dare I say it ... I don't want to jinx it ... but I think Spring may be on the way. There, I said it. Of course I'm still expecting one more big storm before the winter is really over. But lately I've noticed the temperature has been a bit warmer during the day (when the sun is shining it's almost practically HOT in our living room), bulbs are poking out of the ground, the grass is getting long and I only mowed it two weeks ago, the rose bushes are spouting new growth since I pruned them, and lambs are starting to be born. It must be spring.

Today my plan was to start tidying up the lavender, clearing away debris from under the plants and pulling out as many weeds as possible. Then I decided to use the line trimmer first to tidy up the grass, rather than clear away debris then create more again. Only the line trimmer was almost out of line. I did what I could before running out of petrol. Filled it up, tried again, and ran out of line completely. Had to go into town to buy some more, and get more petrol too. By the time I got back I only had an hour left before I had to pick up the girls from daycare. In the end I got almost half the field done.

Have had a go at making both lemonade and grapefruit juice using our own produce. It took a lot of effort just to make one batch and I'm not sure it's worth it. I used about 10 small-medium lemons, which took a LOT of squeezing.

-M