Freesias and brotherly love

Spring bunches for sale in the Farmshop.

This is what makes my heart sing.

 I adore the growing, the picking, the arranging ( keep it simple I say!) and the sale is just a bonus. Knowing that a simple little posy in a tin or glass jar makes other people happy as much as me, is icing on the cake.

Love this quote.

I love it's underlying meaning but coincidentally Bill has just given our backyard grass some Weed and Feed. We haven't used this before and I'm still mystified about how it works, but it seems to be already having an impact on the vast amounts of cape weed we have growing out there. 

Pippi Rose has found a new home.

We won't get to see her new baby after all. Bill will miss her.

He has been doing his feeding up (horse lingo) duties with diligence and the girls know him well now. These two are Charity and Emeliana.

Charity has the blaze( horse lingo again!). The blaze is the white strip down the front of the nose.

 Amy is doing some horse whispering with Kelly Gal.

Bill has whipped up a big cupboard in the garage to house the stuff that we want to keep enclosed. He used mostly pallets from Bunnings and some cheap plywood. It's huge but will serve its purpose well.

Secret sewing business.....

Better get cracking with that.

Around the garden path today....

Cherry blossom splendour.

They're back!

A new little family residence built with great care and attention to detail.

Baby Archer and bro.....

His own little ninja turtle......so proud.

For the love of Archer

We are over the moon about this little cherub.

He's a whopper! 9lb 9oz 

Flynn had thought he was getting a baby sister. Mmmmm........

We think he is probably saying to himself....."What the heck is this? That's not what I ordered!"

Can't wait to stick our noses into those little chubby chops ( times two).

We have so much to be grateful for.

They are so precious and we adore them.

It's been babies galore at Frog Pond Farm this week.

We counted ten little ducklings out there. We think this may have been their first swim. 

Jennifer arrived on Tuesday bearing gifts.

Thank you Jen, so kind and thoughtful.

We did some bartering. Glass jars for pulverised horse manure. She was thrilled with that! A girl after my own heart. 

A bay tree for the potager ( we had a potted bay tree that was burnt in the fire) and that cute little bag contained homemade sauce and relish and strawberry jam. 

The gorgeous watering can has found a home in the garden room. Oh, and two potted bromeliads for dry shade. 

Farmshop flowers this week.....

Around the garden path..

Yellow forsythia.

So bright and pretty at this time of the year.

Our four baby ones have all survived the dry winter but have lots of growing to do to catch up.

The leucadendrons look so vibrant at the moment.

They make an excellent cut flower.

All the little boxes standing in a row......

Bill helped me dig the holes. One hundred and twenty of them. Thirty per quarter.

Thought I'd get them all planted in one afternoon. Pffftttt!!! What the heck was I thinking. Almost delirious after ninety plantings so had to leave the last quarter until the next day. Judy's gift pots produced all but two so I used two tiny rooted cuttings that I'd taken from Joanne's place. 

I am so looking forward to planting these.

I've never grown sunflowers before.

They will go along two fences of the potager.

Does anyone know why they tell you to put two in the same hole then leave the strongest grower? My cheapskate bent finds it very difficult to do that! Why would you waste one?

Probably might be a few baby/ toddler photos in the next couple of blogs.

Just sayin! 

Catching up

Some sewing time.

A cushion for Bryony.......

and one for Cusch...

Around the garden path......

I love this grey leafed plant. It was grown from a cutting given to us from Mum's lovely friend Olwyn.  It's about to flower.

Such a delicate flower. Aquilegias.

Aunty Audrey's freesias.

This year the cherry has burst into leaf prior to blossom. What the heck is that all about!

Those gaps are starting to fill out now.

I have no idea how to attack this little creature. It has wings. Will have to google it.

The hollyhocks are already covered in holes. 

Farmshop flowers this week......

This little leucadendron is called Harvest. It is so pretty.

Thanks for the gorgeous fruity frog Bryony. 

You are so clever.

Bill has been doing a fantastic job with Pippi Rose. She was very reluctant to let us near her when she arrived a few weeks ago. She will have her baby here at Frog Pond Farm. 

We hope all five horses will find loving homes.

Flynn is still waiting for baby White to arrive.

( ....and so are we!!)

Tomorrow .......