Spot the skink!

I found a skink in my watering can today. It wouldn't come out even when I tipped the can over. But it let me scoop it out before it scurried for cover. 

I was less pleased to find this nest of paper wasps on the rabbit hutch but it was still interesting to watch them laying their eggs. 

On the bright side

The hens might not be laying but this monarch butterfly was busy on the swan plant. 

The grass is growing and so are the cicadas. 

The raised beds have dried up but there was a crop of potatoes still in the ground from before it stopped raining. 

It's still a bit warm but Henry had found a cool spot. 

The weeds are head high but I found this cape gooseberry bush in amongst them. 

And the possum has taken every last apple but the lemon tree is still producing. 

Blackberrying

We really need to get a contractor in to mow the paddock and spray the brambles. 

We might as well make the most of this year's crop first though... 

A plant to call home

I've been waiting for months to find caterpillars on the swan plants that we bought at Ag Day. 

I had been consoling myself that at least we'd have seeds for new swan plants next year. 

And then today we found three caterpillars, one skinny, one moderately sized and one big fat one. Yippee!