Tuesday was the first Tuesday in November, which means that in Melbourne we (well, most of us) get a public holiday for "the (horse) race that stops the nation". I usually ending up switching the telly on at 3pm to see the race, just in case something particularly exciting happens, but otherwise Melbourne Cup Day is a marker on my garden calendar rather than anything else.
The thought of the perfectly timed Flemington roses always (well, in the last 3 years) has me thinking how mine are going: the standards are in full bloom this year, and are on the list for deadheading.
As for the vegie patch, Cup Day is one of those mystical days on the local gardening calendar, the day to plant the summer vegies! (In Hobart it was Show Day, which was a reliable (but not failsafe) marker of the end of the frost season; I don't quite know whether Cup Day planting has any such logic behind it).
But who am I to question the logic?
But first things first, the beds needed to be topped up with a bit more compost. So last weekend I received a small delivery...
It's a generous cubic metre of mushroom compost. With so much, of course I needed a helper...Unfortunately both boys thought I had ordered a sand pit...
Hmm... I am glad I ordered compost rather than manure, given Little Bro's desire to taste test everything these days...
But we got there, and it was time to plant out some corn and micro-zucchinis!
As hot weather was forecast on Monday, the final job was to set up a shade- nothing more than an old sheet tied up at the corners. Does a great job!
So here's to Cup Day winnings, of the garden type!!
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