It is now three weeks since Bush went to his home country which is Zimbabwe where the headman of his tribe had died, and he had to go home for the funeral. Africa still has the forefather culture, and the people believe that their lives are guided by them. So of course sending a dead person off on the trip to meet his forefathers is very important, but it does not help me with the onions!
This crop needs a lot of hard work done in the weeding side, as the weeds that was dormant untill now, had decided that the onion fields are just the right place for them with lots of manure to feed on! I had now sat on my knees weeding for two days, and I am not even half way through. Because of all the weeds the onions do not grow as it should, and will now not be ready for another six weeks, if ever.
I am also cross with bush, as the last ones that he planted out will never be able to form onions, as he did not remove the stones before planting them. As we live on the foot and between two mountains, there are a lot of stones in the soil, and as this is just about jam packed, nothing can grow inbetween them.
But I have reason to smile, as my broadbeans are doing well, and I have already harvested quite a lot. Today I saw some of the plants were wilting, and found them riddled with aphids, and all the beans on them black and underdeveloped. I powersprayed them off, that is after I gave them a good dose of washing up liquid and left it for an hour. Hope that it did the trick, but I couldn't see any after the water spraying.
I am now doing with the broadbeans as I have so far done with the cherry tomatoes, and that is, I shell them and also freeze them in a plastic container, That way, like with the tomatoes, I just take out a handfull as needed, and hope that it works as well as the tomatoes!
The little Emil is now so very cute, and I sometimes feel very sad thinking that he doesn't have a mother to appreciate all his antics. But his gran and Berty his nanny make up, or rather try and make up for the absence of a mother, and as he is a happy, outgoing child, I think we are not doing to badly!
I am so amazed at my son, who, after the initial shock, just took charge of the kids, that is the two older ones, but now Emil is mostly sleeping at his own home, as we don't want him to feel that he has no place there, but that my house is where he belongs! So now Jan has full charge, and he is coping so well, and the fact that he had met Erna, who is just perfect for him and the kids, meant that I can now relax in the thought that all will be well!