Good Morning!

Sunday morning & a long weekend, have to love public holidays! This was the first sight that greeted me very early this morning. I walked out to grab some wood for the fire and could hear the unmistakable "whooshing" sound of the gas. Between such a lovely image and the magpies singing I couldn't resist just sitting for a few and taking it all in! And the work continues! Here we are removing the old clothes line and most of the paving. Hubby has put a new extendable line under the patio for me and this area will be gradually sloped down to the back yard when the earth works people arrive. You can also see the roof of the car cover that was removed from the side drive, we will reuse that in the chook pen when cleaning up their housing etc. The girls just love being here, so much room, so many places to scratch and play in! Since the rain last week there are a ton of weeds coming up, allowing the girls to roam free every day will keep down the amount of weeding I am going to have to do! Remember I brought in those 4 strawberry guavas? Well here's a yellow cherry guava to go with them. This is the mildest and probably the sweetest guava of all. Fruits are 3cm in diameter yellow skinned with a sweet, aromatic, creamy flesh and numerous small seeds. Begins bearing when less than 1 meter high and is generally a very prolific bearer. To get the best from guavas, make sure you enrich soil with well rotted compost and mulch well to retain soil moisture. Best sited to avoid strong winds which may damage fruit laden trees. Prune to encourage woody stems close to the main framework which will bear fruit. I also bought another 4 of the yesterday, today and tomorrows, thats the front fence line completed!

OK, time to get out and take advantage of this gorgeous cool weather. Hope you all have a super week-end! Take care of you and yours:)