Kia ora,
We finally got some rain early in the month with 70 mm over 3 days including 40mm of steady rain coming in one day.
Peter finished moving all the grasses – a total of 30 trailer loads moved to the bottom of the paddock ……..
………and two trailer loads of trimmed saved grasses for our farmer friend, Christine.
Peter’s now back to cutting down and munting hedging.
Azaria and Carolien came for more chocolate brownies and this time cherry tomatoes as well.
Ann’s back / leg are getting worse. Peter’s been rubbing Deep Heat in several times a day. She’s still waiting for a physio appointment and a clinic appointment at the hospital. Tom loaned her his walking stick which has been really helpful. Luckily driving is not a problem at the moment and grocery shopping is mostly okay as she can lean on the trolley and scoot around the supermarket!
Ann contacted a guy who was selling Kaizuka junipers for just $30 each which is a bargain. She collected two plants from him and dashed home with the bare rooted plants so that Peter could pot them up for her.
Beginners classes are ongoing with final day on 1st of May.
For the Easter weekend heavy rain and strong winds from a tropical cyclone were predicted. It was a bit windy but not that much rain. It did mean that Peter got to play trains for three mornings after walking Sox.
Sox and Honey were back on chook and cat feeding duty for Bev and Tom over Easter. Honey does the morning shift and Sox accompanies Ann each afternoon. She loves watching and smelling the garden from the car.
Ann had a bonsai pot specially made for her coprosma and she repotted it this month.
Although Ann hasn’t had much success this year with growing salad veggies – apart from mini tomatoes and lettuce plants – her pumpkin plant produced 5 pumpkins and her kumara have been quite large.
Peter is still collecting feijoas from our tree for friends and neighbours. Sandra sent us this photo of some little feijoas that she collected on her daily walk in Hamilton and compared them to our larger fruit on the right. It’s easy to see why they prefer our fruit.
In the evenings the girls prefer to chill on the deck. That will change as it gets colder and we light the woodburner.
Another clear but cold morning for the annual ANZAC Day dawn service in the village. Peter had to attend on his own as Ann’s back was too painful to bear standing at 6am.
Peter has begun physio for his knee with assessments first and the classes starting next month. Ann has also been referred for physio by her GP and this will start in May. Peter’s decided that ‘ïf you can’t beat them join them’ – so he now has the same meds as Ann, has physio and rheumatology appointments too. Next he’ll be wanting joint replacements!
Peter has been trying out some models on the 3D printer. The software is a bit basic but he’s getting the hang of it.
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