Things to do with coffee grounds ...

Now we have our own coffee machine, I have lots of coffee grounds . Glad I've found something useful for them:

• The nitrogen in coffee nicely balances the addition of "brown" materials (leaves, straw and cardboard) in a compost heap.

• Coffee is a great source of nitrogen, a much needed plant fertilizer. The nitrogen in coffee is a kind that needs to break down in the soil before being released so it ends up feeding a slow and steady drip of fertilizer to your plants.

• In addition to nitrogen, coffee grounds also contain magnesium and copper in just the right amounts to be beneficial to your plants.

• Coffee grounds act as an effective repellent against slugs, snails, ants and cats.

• Earth worms LOVE coffee grounds.

Starbucks started a similar program in 1995 called Grounds for Your Garden that offers customers free five-pound bags of used grounds to take home.

More potatoes...

The last of the pots!

This time the boys helped to find them. Hearing Jon say "score" is priceless each time he uncovered one.

The second bowl were Dutch cream potatoes.

Seed update...

Here's how the seeds are going.....

The heat wave of 38 on Thursday almost got them, but so far so good.

I'm hoping to get the beans in tomorrow .

Time for the potatoes....

I pulled apart one tub of Royal Blue potatoes today.. So cool to find them in the soil!
They are not as big as I had thought. But way better than last year's efforts.

Poor apple tree

The possums are having a feast on the apple tree at the moment. The bottom is lush, however the top is really struggling. :(

Strawberries

Looking forward to eating these.

Seed time ..

Trying to grow some of our own seeds...
-Self collected Basil
-diggers Roquette
-Diggers lettuce Rubin
-Diggers lettuce Lollo Bionda
- Bean Purple king

Potato update ..

Almost time for digging up I think

Spring is on its way

The plum tree has it's first lot of flowers

AND the potatoes have come up this week too.

Potato time

Jon and Cam are helping to get the compost and straw mixed together ready for the spuds. We are trying two new varieties this year. Dutch Cream and Royal Blue.

It's growing!

Caught up with some gardening today. Our broccoli is well on its way. A few more weeks and it will be on our plate. Yummo