Here I go!

Right-o. This is it. I am blogging. I have to catch up with my gardening history for the first week of January, which happened to fall in the prolific period. That is, it is an ideal time to plant according to the phases of the moon. So I got stuck in and planted flat out. Planted
mixed Mediterranean lettuces , lemon thyme and camomile, more climbing beans and transplanted daisies I had raised from cuttings and a tobacco plant I had under the bananas.

We are eating fully from the garden now: zucchini, rhubarb, beans, lettuce, broccoli, a few tomatoes, carrots, parsnips (but they are getting to the end), cucumbers, beetroot, cabbage and celery

I have noticed some Italian parsley plants popping up out of the compost along with about 300 tomato seedlings. I’ve ripped out most of the tomatoes but left the parsley.

I mixed up some liquid worm tea to boost growth on the tomatoes and vegie gardens.
The tomatoes don’t look too healthy – the soil is poor so they need the boost of compost as well.

On the work front, I have been working at The Source a lot to fill gaps for other people over Christmas and as a result haven't managed to do a lot of work myself. I'm trying to get organised for an exhibition with the art group on the 23rd but can't seem to get going. At this stage I have 3 island paintings similar to this one and that's it. I did try to do an acrylic of a man rolling a fag ( a drawing I did last year) but it turned into another island!

I did manage to make a few more birds for the shop but that's all. I have lots of ideas but no time. I'm lacking that time you need to dream before you actually begin working. Hopefully things will settle soon. I sold 2 of my clay faces and would love to make more but Tim hasn't the time to get the kiln made yet. They'll have to wait. I ended up painting the background of the middle one black - I think it looks a lot better.

Time to go to bed. This has been a learning curve. I'm sure I'll get better at it as I go along. Let me know what you think.
Love Annette