October 2000

The veg patch has done wonderfully

 

 and Sue's sunflowers have done pretty well - not as tall as they are in England though!

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the veg patch thrived on the goat muck

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 The Orchard managed to produce a few apples, but the birds managed to get to the plums first.

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The terrace we cleared turned out to have wonderful soil

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 and has produced some pretty respectable tomatoes and aubergines

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Its a battlefield in the garden with some pretty impressive wildlife getting ready to get their teeth in - to the parsely

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 but at least they don't appear to like flesh

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The wall was rebuilt

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 and I got to play with the boys' toys to build an approach road

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The insects aren't the only locusts - we have four-legged ones as well

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 Nothing is sacred, and we now have a one-sided hedge

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D has beautified the terrace a bit further

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