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never done plasma before @Meowmy I used to donate decades ago, then was in country a lot etc, never when mobile donation thing was there. Now on blood thinners to I cant. Although there is a chance I could be coming off them some time in near future

Well done re plasma @Oaktree

Hi @Oaktree

That's really great that you are eligible again!

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Hi guys,

On Saturday with some help from people from Church, I installed 4 new raised garden beds. I put them in the front yard because it faces north and gets lots of sun. I was hoping to fill them with free compost from the council but they didn’t give us as much for the coupons that came with the rates as I was expecting. So we half filled them with sand from the garden. Topped them up with beautiful looking compost and then added triple c mulch to the top. Oh and I put a couple of bags of cow manure in the top of each one under the mulch. It has been raining the last couple of days which is really good because it will settle the soil in the garden beds and stop it from dropping later. I am going to leave them two weeks before planting anything to make sure that the manure doesn’t burn roots. I have a lot of seeds to put in and I am really looking forward to getting going.
I may have to protect the garden beds a bit from the sun in summer but I will work that out when the time comes. Looking forward to some home grown veggies.

Meggle

sounds very productive and rewarding @Oaktree I've still done nothing . Well got 2 huge pine trees cut down so thats a long term fix for soil over fair portion of back yard, bigger one was 25metres high. cost me $5000 for 2 trees. was cheap I think

@TAB

Oh my gosh 5k is a lot of money. It should open up your yard to some more light though. Good luck with your yard work. Make a plan and take small steps.

Meggle

@Oaktree hey Meggle, sounds very exciting. Hope summer won't be too harsh. Take care

Wow! Good Job @Oaktree

I enjoyed tuscan kale, various lettuce this week, and looking forward to colourful red swiss chard. Small crop but still fun and healthy.

Dayam @Oaktree you at such a gardening success story! I love it. We're ploughing through the last of my dad's home grown broccoli and cabbages at the moment, and it's almost time to get some tomato seedlings started in the polytunnel! I'm hoping to do a bit of work on my own patch this summer instead of just nicking veggies from mum and dad's 😉 great to hear from you, hope everything is going great for you! xxx

Well done @Oaktree you'll be busy sowing summer crops I guess. My celery and rocket are slow.