Let the planting begin!

On Sunday morning we woke up to frost and temps still below 10 degrees at 9am! It was too cold to start fiddling in the soil. I started thinking how we were going to protect these poor vulnerable seedlings once planted. I came up with a few ideas but finally was offered the shade cloth that is half draped over the water reservoir (porta pool) to protect the Bass that Prince 2 had thrown in there after a successful fishing expedition (apparently they're hibernating at the bottom & don't need it). After midday The King joined me and we set about planting our precious crop - it was exhilarating! Prince 1 even decided to join us and it wasn't long before the other two also got involved. After removing some grass sods to enable the little gate to open more easily we decided to finally remove the stunted naartjie tree (something I've meaning to do for ages). It has been given a second chance in a pot.