Half way through the red currant patch
Red currants
Putting on a Bureau Veritas hat turns one into a knife wielding maniac!
Hi Folks,
One of those sunshine and showers days today. We worked mainly outside starting off with cobweb removal. Susan did all the easy ones and I got to hang off the ladder swiping away at the really high ones with the broom. We then went to work in the grounds, Susan continuing on with the newspaper and grass mulch in the raspberries. After we coiled up the chicken wire fence around the raspberries I set to work with the brush cutter while Susan went in for the kill in the rhubarb patch. Driving the mower around with the trailer on the back to move the grass clippings is an interesting experience. The slopes and the wet grass can make it a bit hair raising especially when the ride on mower is going downhill with the wheels spinning backwards and not showing any signs of stopping. Luckily I was not close to the creek. I worked meticulously around the red currant canes and was feeling pleased with myself until I went back to where I started and found 2 that were hidden in the weeds that I had decapitated. They should both live and judging by the scars on some of the others it is not the first time. I marked them by knocking in some stakes so hopefully it won't happen again. Susan cut all the rhubarb in preparation for moving the corms. It will find its way into Ann's produce. At the moment she is making vinegar blends. The acetic acid odour from the kitchen is quite pungent when she boils it up for several hours.
We are enjoying our time here and I am thinking we should have moved around a lot more instead of spending so much time in Nubeena. Oh well there's no use crying about spilt milk under the bridge.
It has been brought to my notice that last nights pictures are not of Peppermint Bay which is just around the corner in front of the township but of Birch's Bay. I am sure you all spotted this one. Also i need to explain that Brown's swans was a play on "Brown's cows" since they are walking in a line. They are of course black swans.
That's it for now. We need to consider where and what we will do on 2 days off. Maybe we will split them since we have the Salamanca market on Saturday which will be hectic as it is the big tourist market. Should be good fun, the only problem being when I go to Hobart money burns a hole in my pocket.
Night folks
Cheers Simon
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