We have had another nice day today. Yesterday the wind was cold. I think there must have been snow somewhere on Desert Rd. We haven’t had any rain for 7 days now. Quite exciting in the grand scheme of things after all the rain we had over summer. Quite warm too, although the mornings have an autumnal feel to them. It was only 5 degrees this morning.
I have put some cabbages, caulis and broccoli in the little garden I have here. The white butterflies have been laying eggs like there was no tomorrow, so I go out every day and scrape them off. I haven’t been able to get any derris dust. I remember it was hard to get last year too. I bought a spray and when I got home I read the label and it said not to use it on seedlings. Well for pete’s sake why didn’t I read that before I bought it? I gave them a squirt on Saturday, as they are a bit bigger now. I’m not sure it did any good though. There were a lot of eggs when I went to look today. So far I have managed to get them off before they hatch.
The tractor, that is used here to mow the big overflow paddock died last week. It hasn't had the care and attention that it should have had over the past few years. It got a bug in the diesel that clogged up the fuel filter. We took it into the repair shop on Tuesday. Luckily there was a winch on the trailer, so Eddie was able to winch it up. Much easier than trying to push it up.
The overflow paddock is used in the summer for extra campers, when there is no room in the main camp. There is no power or water, so it only suits people who are prepared to really camp when they are here. A Christian children's programme also uses it to put up their marque .
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