At the moment we are enjoying zucchini, celery, beans, potatoes, sweet corn, silverbeet, tomatoes, cape gooseberries, basil and globe artichokes.

 

I’ve sown the following seeds for winter crops in 6-hole punnets:

Broccoli – De cicco (x 3)
Broccoli – Purple sprouting (x 3)
Kale – Borecole (x 3)
Cabbage – Savoy chieftain (x 3)
Cauliflower – Purple cape (x 3)
Cauliflower – All year round (x 3)
Lettuce – heritage winter mix (x 6)
Fennel – Florence (x 12)
Chard – Perpetual spinach (x 3)
Chard – Rainbow (x 3)
Carrots (Manchester table) & Beetroot (Chioggia) were sown straight into the garden.

 

While I was sitting with a cup of tea yesterday, this beautiful creature stared at me through the window.

By the time that I realised I could take a photo of him with my iPad, he wasn’t staring straight in through the window, but we looked at each other for about 1 minute!  I’m pretty sure that it was a least weasel and not a stoat as it doesn’t have a black bushy tail tip – otherwise they are very similar.  Now I just need to encourage it to come around so that I can skin him!  These animals eat so many of our ground-dwelling birds.  I found this amazing picture of a stoat (note colour of tail tip) killing a rabbit: