Can't wait

I'm baacckkk,
Summer is knocking on my vege garden door, I've been dreaming about this year's crop and what it is going to look like. I'll be doing what grew well last year - tomatoes, pototoes, peas,lettuces and anything else that grabs my fancy.

Today I've started to attacked my weed ridden buckets and poured last season's potting mix into a huge steel container supplied by the neighbour across the road. They had chucked it out and it had been there for a couple of weeks. Soooo in the dead of night I got Cannon to go over and grab it - geez I can be embarrassing; but it was a good score. The plan is to add compost to it, mix it up and use it for my crops. I know it sounds dodgy but i'm giving it a go.

I'm going to grow my own plants from seeds - mmmm..... i hear yah!!! BUT if I put some potting mix in egg trays with some seed and i'll be good to go. I won't be able to afford to many plants this year so i'm trying to carbon footprint friendly as well as using what I have available.

I'm also going to try my hand at making jams etc...got this COOL book by Isobel Webb - 5minute microwave bottling through Avon a couple of months back...yumm!!!

Recently as some of you know my father in law passed away suddenly and in memory of him I'm going to (along with my inlaws) get his garden up and running we the view to supply our family summer backyard barbies and picnic's at the beach. So you can expect to see pictures of my bucket garden as well his.