The solar panels have been up and running for about 2 months now. We have all the gauges in place too so now we can keep a eye on what each panel is doing all by it's lonesome. It sure has kept hubby busy of a night. He likes to 'tinker' with any new toy he gets to see how it works.
I did some pruning yesterday as today is green bin day. We intend on pulling out the front lawn and some of the front yard garden bed so we can easily get cars in and out - we now have 4 of them. So I started to chop up some of the plants in the garden bed. It will be a long process if I only use the green waste bin. It only gets cleared every 2 weeks and I don't believe in packing things in there tightly. I have seen hubby do that and sometimes it gets stuck in the bin.
I also had a good look at the vege patches. I still need to fill the last one with soil and remove all the grass from around them all. I had started to dig up the grass, but I think I will just give it a good weed spray and then cover it with my preferred mulch. So much easier on the back and hands. Won't being do it today though - too windy.
I planted some pea seeds awhile ago. I put in 20 - most of the germinated but nearly all of them have been eaten by snails (I'm guessing). The plot they are in was not mulched so when I do that and plant some more seeds they should grow for me. I'm happy with the way the spinach and the lettuces have grown, though the mignonette ones are still quite small. I picked one last night to have with dinner but since I was not home to finish off dinner it got left in the fridge - oh well it can go on our lunch. I added some spinach to last nights lasagne - eldest asked what it was as she ate dinner, but it has no flavour when cooked with other foods. That's a good thing in my book. The leaves are large and thick, have a have a thick stalk and holes in them. I want to give carrots another go too.
I have been thinking I will get some large-ish pots and plant them up for veges too and put them along the edge of the vege area. That will then give the drivers a visual on how far up the lawn they can go. I have some edging I want to put in to separate those 2 areas and to keep the mulch where it belongs.
I have also been thinking again that I need to put together a worm farm. I found an old polystyrene box we've got lying around that I thought had been thrown out. I checked the internet for make your one warm farms and found 1 that uses such a box. I also found a set up using 4 black plastic tubs with lids that looks promising too. Maybe I can use them together?? To purchase a worm farm would cost around $90 and that's just for the plastic tubs. It's another $35+ for the worms. I figure I can get 3 tubs at $10 each and use them with the found box. If I put the box on the bottom to collect the liquid I can use 2 litre milk bottles with 1 side cut off to drain the liquid into.
With all that I want to do in the garden, it's a shame I don't get any offers of help.
