Easter has come and gone. We are at the time of the year (here in Australia ), when seedlings are going in for winter plantings. The days are so pleasant and mild that being out in the garden is a joy.
The colours of the season are regal – Purple Sicilian cauliflower, purple broccoli and Golden Detroit beetroot. There are even spring onions that offer to produce purple bulbs. Who knew?
The beetroot are a “fingers crossed” crop. Will the seedlings grow quickly enough to establish themselves before the cold weather sets in?
Our mainstay plants for early spring, the broadbeans, haven’t quite made it into the ground yet. There’s time for that.
The big autumn show is just starting. A few days ago, our first saffron bulb poked its leaves out of the ground. We have dug them all up again, and planted the bulbs in a new bed. We hope for more flowers than we have had in recent times. We’ll see.
Just now, I looked back over the blog archive and see that hoping for more saffron flowers has become my annual refrain.
We have taken some time off to drive interstate and visit the southern borders of Australia, along the Great Ocean Road of Victoria.
There are new people to meet, a group of artists across a range of artistic disciplines.
Richard, a traditional custodian of the Gadubanud country, has been sharing the colours of the country and many stories about the land. It is a time of new learning and sharing.
Before we left on this trip, I finished our latest garden video. Here is the link so you can see what we’ve been doing in the garden.
Voted With Our Forks 