It was a beautiful Sunday here in Pambula. We were busy in the veggie patch and Grahame continues to put up the netting. New beds need to be made in the veggie patch and I still need to buy the citrus trees for the orchard.
The bulbs that the kids planted are starting to flower and there is blossom on the fruit trees and ornamental trees. It's starting to look a bit more colourful. I just hope it all flowers around the same time.
The view from Elliott's balcony.
The view from Harison's balcony
The guinea pigs Oreo held by Harison on the left and Elliott with Oscar
The newly ploughed veggie patch has had a clean up and ready for new beds to be made.
The stairs have been built, they lead up to Elliott and Harison's room.
Look what we discovered today. Just a few kilometres out of Pambula on the road to Wyndham there is a turn off on the right to Goodenia Rain forest. So Elliott, Harison, Bowie(dog) and I went and checked it out.
It was a beautiful area of rainforest tucked away between Myrtle Mountain and Wolumla Peak. There was an easy walk (1.2kms) around some beautiful scenery.
Finally a day where the sun shone and it wasn't freezing.
The big boys went off fishing this morning but there was no fish on the menu tonight! Better luck next time. I spent all day in the garden again. Planting seeds, moving plants, trying to make plants grow in the clay embankment that needs covering. I dug holes with the post hole digger and moved rocks. I'm so glad we bought a tractor. It makes life in the garden so much easier and I love zipping around on it.
After I had done all that Elliott decided he wanted to ride his bike around Pamboola. This is an area down on the Pambula flats that is a conservation area. The old race course is a part of it and you can ride bikes around it. So off he and I went, he rode and I walked. It was a lovely late afternoon activity.
Tomorrow Timothy & I are off to Canberra for the day for his dental appointment.
Todays photos are of a bit of the garden and Elliott at Pamboola.
Today it rained after I spent hours watering yesterday.
So I baked today day after spending half the morning waiting waiting and more waiting in a government department. Only to get an answer I didn't want to hear.
Then Grahame successfully bogged the car yet again.
Transact sent us bill demanding payments for service up until April. Hello Transact we cancelled that in December and haven't lived where that service was for 8 months now. How hopeless are these so called service companies. No matter how many times you tell them they still get it wrong then act like its our fault! What kind of morons do they employ.
So now the cars are parked at the road again and we have to make the journey up to them through the mud. Better than getting bogged and going nowhere though.
We gained yet another guinea pig (thats 3 now), looks like Elliott's breeding program will be going ahead.
Baz went missing the other day and I thought we'd lost him. After several hours I found him tangled up in the black netting on the far side of the orchard. Him being black, we didn't see him there. It was only after I heard him wimpering that I found him. Poor puppy.
Oneday Grahame let both Bowie and Baz off and they were missing for 6 hours. Thought we'd lost both of them that day. They turned up like 2 naughty boys soaking wet and exhausted. They must have been on some adventure.
If you ever wondered why you should eat organic produce then watching this (trailer) for Food Inc may give you reason to.
I had heard about this film and last night an opportunity came along for me to see it. So myself and 2 friends braved the cold night and headed to the Eden community Gardens to see this film. Although it is American, I believe the Australian food industry is much the same.
We are all being bluffed by the major food coorporations into beliving they supply good wholesome food. But the reality is they couldn't give a shit as long as they are turning a profit. They also don't give a shit about the farmer who produces for them.
I think Woolies and Coles in this country probably have alot to answer for.
This is why you should grow as much of what you can so you know exactly what you are eating. This is why we have invested into our orchard and veggie patch. We are also thinking of raising meat chickens too and we already have our laying hens. We already buy local grass fed beef in the hope we are getting an honest product, which I believe we are. I try to buy local organic milk too.
The more organics that are purchased buy customers forces the coorporations to change their practises. So there is good reason to buy organic and also to help local producers who suffer at the hands of the big rip off guys.
It's no different to the stories we here of Woolies or Coles squeezing out the small Mum & Dad business. It's just shocking to hear of that happening and all in the name of greedy profitiers. As if they don't make enough money already the greedy bastards.
Ok thats my Sunday rant over and done with.
Today was a very productive day. I built up some more beds for the herbs I intend on growing. I transplanted some trees from pots to garden beds. I continued to help Tim who worked hard most of the day moving boxes and things from the shed to the house. And had a cuppa with the neighbors.
Great weekend was had by all. However Grahame wasn't here as he's visiting Pop in Gosford and we wish him well as he's in hospital at the moment.
The great thing about a country newspaper is you will quite often finds your kids featuring in articles. The weekly paper that costs one buck 60 has nothing better to report than schools and sporting clubs happenings. Not that we mind. So far Tim has featured at least twice that we know of. Elliott has been in at least 4 times and I believe this is Harrys first time.
Pambula has a local paper that comes out once a week and Merimbula, less than 10 minutes away has a weekly too and then theres Bega, just 20 minutes away also has a weekly. Surely they could become one paper and make it more interesting. But then I guess the kids would be fighting for their space in the paper.
Could be worse, all Geelong has is the Geelong ( Cats ) Advertiser which mentions nothing but The Geelong Cats all year long. No chance of the kids appearing there unless they play for the Cats. Or unless they make an infamous mention in the local crime scene or todays court apperances. Ahh Geelong such a fine town. Yes I can say that because I'm a expatriate of Geelong, Ima a former Geelongeong, or is that Geelongite oh whatever, I was lucky to escape it long ago.(only joking)
Now don't be offended those who still reside there it is still a great place to visit (for those that don't).
So why are the kids featuring in the local.
They were part of the South Coast Learning community concert in which they sang in the school choir. And I must say out of the 20 acts performed the choir performed beautifully. The concert featured kids from all the local schools, high school and primary. It was over two nights and more than 500 hundred people attended. I was impressed. It was a well run production. The only thing I found amusing was that Grahame and I dressed up as we normally would(like for a Canberra Grammar event) and the local people were dressed in their finest flannos and moccasons.
I'm going shopping for a steppin' out pair of moccos' now. I must say they were smart as it was bloody freezing that night.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
I'm going horse riding today. I probably won't be able to walk for a week after it.
