Mulching (Day 8.5)

Working with Al this morning went well. We did some animal yoga, some multiplication tables, a science experiment and report, a spelling "test", and a blog entry. I am starting a blog with him to keep record of some of the things we are doing as well as to teach him to blog and to get him writing. Should be good.

After my morning with Al, I spent a few hours with Trish in the garden. She used to work for Rupert Murdoch actually, learning to garden at his cottage. Pretty awesome! I don't know much about the guy but I know he owns a lot of the media. Pretty controversial stuff I would say. People seem to have strong opinions about him. I can't say I know much about the guy or what he owns. Anywho, I learned about mulching today and I mulched. Mulching is covering up the earth with hay, wood chippings, or a few other things I forget, so that you keep the moisture in and reduce the amount of weeds you get by at least 50%. Pretty kool huh? It gives the garden a nice look as well. I really will have to get out and take pictures of all these things like the rock patio, the garden, George the calf, and the chickens and baby chicks.
Gardening is tough work physically but much more enjoyable than castrating calves or lifting heavy stones and digging holes to put them in. The garden here is beautiful! Again, I will have to take pics. There is this wooden walkway/gate you walk through and all along the posts there are roses growing. I really like it there. I did a bit of yoga standing there but it's not like at home where you can chill in the grass and not worry. You never know when I snake might be around and you want to take caution not to be bitten. If you are bitten you need to wrap the bite and get yourself to the hospital asap where they have the anti-venom. All hospitals have snake and spider anti-venom. I've only seen one snake in all my time so far in Australia though so it's not like a common occurrence but you do have to be aware.
I will be spending more time gardening with Trish, probably twice a week so I am looking forward to that. Hopefully I will learn enough and be able to apply it once I start my own garden. Who knows when that will be but it's knowledge I would like to have. One day I will probably have a house and I would like to have my own garden. More a vegetable garden I think but it wouldn't hurt to have some nice flowers around the front and back of the house. They are pretty and smell nice. :)