The Homegrown Update....

It's only 2 more sleeps now until Mookah goes on holidays, so it was time today to prepare the vege garden for our absence. Isn't the size of the pumpkin plant in the foreground of this photo just incredible? It is only one plant, it's self sown and has about a dozen pumpkins hanging from it's long twisting arms.

A photo of some of the little suckers hiding behind the leaves....

This little helper is always keen for a visit to the vege patch and he can be quite helpful, but I think he really just loves trying to spray us with the hose!

Finally we pulled out the tomatoes even though there were a few stragglers left, and also gone are the zuchinni plants (yippee!!) after they have supplied us with way more fruit than we could have ever hoped (or wished) for! Lets face it, there is only so many things you can do with zuchinni's.

And this green machine is Mr Mookah's latest compost invention, which was put in place today, just in time to place the tomato and zuchinni plant remnants inside it's big, round, tumbling belly. It will be interesting to see what's in there when we return in 2 weeks time.

Now that we've cleared some beds, turned the soil, covered them in pea straw, and watered them in we need to think about some winter crops. Any thoughts?

Rewards for your efforts....

There can be an awful lot of effort involved in having your own successful vege patch, but when you harvest all this beautiful fresh produce, it makes it all worthwhile!

Guess what I'm having for dinner?

Time to stop & smell the roses.....or eucalypts!

It's been a little hectic in the Mookah studio of late, with the illnesses we've all had, orders flowing in and trying to build up some stock for all the markets we have committed ourselves to before xmas.



So yesterday we took a little time out in the middle of the day to go for a walk, and enjoy the fresh air and the sunshine on our faces.



It was nice just to take a slow stroll and take in all the beauty surrounding us.

Of course no stroll is complete without checking out the progress in the vege patch.

Cooper was intrigued by these with their super tall flower spikes (not shown).

We must all remember to stop and smell the roses.....or eucalypts.....at times, mustn't we? It's good for the soul.