It’s ok, they are supposed to be there.  They are cleaning up and fertilising the bed for me before I plant my seedlings.  Normally they are not allowed anywhere near my vege garden, as their happy diggings make for a very unhappy mumma bear.  But, in this case they are contained so its ok.  They will stay there for a couple of weeks and then they will either go on to another bed or they will go back with their friends in the big pen.  “That’s a relief” I hear you say.  Because you know the saying, “happy wife, happy life”?  It’s very true 🙂

I chuck in all of my food scraps for them, and also fresh greens every day (usually puha or silverbeet), and this is the colour of their yolks.  Pretty damn healthy I would say.

 

So my seedlings are coming along nicely.  I am starting to plant out some of them now, and they are looking really good and healthy.  I grow all of my veges from seed, that way I know that they have been grown organically and fungicide free.  When I prick the seedlings out into pots I always use organic potting mix, and put a few pellets of organic ‘biogold’ or ‘dynamic lifter’ in to feed them while they are potted up.  I prepare my beds carefully with compost and environmental fertilisers ‘natures garden’ fertiliser.  Sometimes sheep pellets too.  And when I plant them into the garden, they get some more biogold pellets under their roots,  a sprinkle of ‘natures garden’ at 100g per square metre, and a foliar feed of environmental fertilisers ‘fish plus’.  I follow ‘Koanga Institute’ guidelines, put out by Kay Baxter, when it comes to crop rotation, bed preparation and vege care, and have found that my veges grow really well and very nutrient dense.

So thats all on the vege front for today.

Have a wonderful day/evening.

Lots of love, Mumma Bear xx