Why do I bother???

Recently I have been wondering if I should continue to grow vegetables as I find it difficult to shovel dirt and the CEO is having problems with the muscles in his arms. We aren't 21 anymore so I thought I might downsize the veggie patch and when I went to check on my brassicas a couple of days ago that helped me to make up my mind.

During the night some pest had had a feast in my raised watersaver garden which has netting over it to stop the birds and white butterfly from ruining my plants so we have narrowed down the culprit to a rodent or a possum although we have had possums for years and they haven't touched the veggies.

There are plenty of fruit trees around so I dare say they fill up on fruit in between their noisy parties on the tin roof in the early hours of the morning.

It was interesting that the bok choy hadn't been chewed but as it turned out they came back the next night to get stuck into that. Grrr!

So I might just stick to growing some salad veggies in the future. It is funny but some plants just seem to thrive like the chillies which don't get any TLC and cherry tomatoes that didn't grow well in summer but are all over the place now as they come up by themselves. Hmmm, does the word

'chillies' have one 'l' or two...that is the question? Yet others that I plant and nurture don't do any good at all. It is enough to make a person give up :-( Thankfully all my herbs are happy and are easy to grow.

Perhaps it might just be easier to concentrate on looking after the flowering plants and to buy veggies at the farmers'  market. I will get myself one of those shopping trolleys I have seen even young men use at the market and wheel it around while filling it up with veggies etc. Mind you, I wouldn't pay the price they are asking for the ones in the link.

During the week I received the 2016 Queen Elizabeth 11 90th Birthday Silver Commemorative which I ordered a couple of weeks ago after receiving some info about it in the mail. Normally I just put such things in the recycling bin but after thinking about it and the fact that the Queen is Britain's longest reigning monarch, I decided to buy it as it might be of interest to my family members down the track when they are digging through all my 'stuff ' after I have gone to a better place. I would have bought one for each of my grandchildren but you could only buy one per household so whoever finds it first can have it. LOL!

When I see the Queen and Prince Phillip on TV they never cease to amaze me at what they can do at their age as many people in their nineties are in an aged care facility or no longer with us.

Well, I had better get back to trying to fix up my computer after upgrading to Windows 10.  All went well for the first few days and I was able to change a few things around to get it how I liked it then when it was turned on yesterday the desktop looked different as it was missing all the folders, etc. I normally have on it and then I got a message saying that I was signed in as a temporary user and I can't work out how to get it back to how it was after first upgrading. Most Aussies that watch TV would be familiar with 'NOT HAPPY JAN'!!!!!

I hope everyone has a great weekend and if you live in Queensland stay safe during the forecast heavy rain on Saturday. I just hope our farmers get lots of rain too.

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