We had a good time at Micky’s engagement party last Saturday. Tammy managed to get out of going after all. I wasn’t happy about it but Magz had given her permission or rather had given in to her as usual. Still it was a great night for letting our hair down. We stayed longer than we had planned which tells you we had a little more to drink meaning a dull Sunday to recover though it was worth it.
I treated the apple tree last weekend making sure cover all surfaces in the spray. That was made easy as the tree is little more than a sapling. Its sister is already much large and seeming to take over in the crowded space that I have my fruit trees. It will need a careful pruning this year after the growing season is over just to bring it under control. It has only really been over the past month or two that it has shot out in all directions as the fruit it is baring seem to weigh the branches down. Maybe that has just shown me how much it has grown this year.
While I may have to wait to prune my trees the tomatoes will need some this weekend. There are far too many leaves so taking some out will help the fruit to fatten as more will go into them rather than the leaves. Even though I have had a bad growing year for much of my garden the tomatoes have been like the strawberries and look like they could give a bumper crop. In the past two weeks they have went from flowering to being laden with fruit. Magz hasn’t said anything about them but I know she is looking forward to them ripening. I’ll also give them a good feed when I out this weekend along with the corn, beetroot, onions as well as all the fruit bushes and trees. I better not forget my herbs.