Went outside again & it’s raining heavier than before.

Stuff it! I attacked the #OldPear #tomato planter.

Wow! The old pear was deeply rooted & its roots were all through the planter.

I’d taken an old bayonet out with me (something my paternal grandfather taught me about bayonets being good, tough garden tools) & dug around for about 10 minutes.

Finally the tomato plant succumbed to my attack & I’d destroyed its root system.

The final #feijoa destined for a pot is potted

I’m muddy & hot.😓

I went outside all rugged up & determined to continue my #feijoa planting.

It’s still cool & raining, I’m still sick & coughing; so I did an about face & came inside.

The #alpacas & #sheep are FINALLY preferring to graze on the grass than chew on lucerne bales. I think they can go without my feeding them for a day.

(They’ve been ignoring me for about a week now when I go out with feed. They look up & continue grazing) 🤗

Following up on @John latest interests, a couple of recipes for #Feijoa.

https://feijoafeijoa.wordpress.com/recipes/

I hope these help. #Feijoa #whattodowithabundantfruit #feijoarecipes

My plans for spraying the #feijoa for #GuavaMoth #larvae & #LeafRoller #caterpillars have gone out the window with the rain.

Ditto whipper snippering. “Do not use on wet grass!” it says on my machine, so I’ll heed the manufacturer’s advice.

The #BigPear #tomato might come down today. We had a final harvest last night of 11 large, but still green, tomatoes.

It’s planter will become home to one of the Feijoa.

The rest will go into the ground where the #JerusalemArtichokes are now.

The main #CherokeePurple plants have been removed from their planter.

Only one had a decent root system, the other two’s roots were barely below the surface.

Hmmm 🤔

The #Feijoa are totally root bound in their Daley’s pots.

I had to soak the plant I put in the Cherokee planter for some time to free it for planting.

I came back inside after that as I’m still feeling very weak.

As I came in #Bunnings pulled in & delivered the 6 big bags of mulch I’d ordered directly behind the car!

*sigh*

A large carton just arrived from #DaleysFruit!!!

5 x #Feijoa plants! They were pruned for packing & they are just under a metre tall.

I went outside intending to garden & just felt so weak. 😟

I did manage to eat 2 #feijoa & extract the seeds.

They are now in a pot, & are weighed down, in a resealable bag with wet paper towels.

My better half arrived home from her hospital tests while I was outside.

I was wrong. The tests today were for her wrists not her lymph nodes.