Hot weather creates unexpected growth spurt

RP providing shade for my motorbike….imagine how large the pumpkins are going to be.

New growth, hurrah!

RP’s move to the sunny side of the street seems to have worked, so far.  He has developed a new leaf, and more are making their way out.  179ers should not despair at his ‘steady’ rate of growth, as all of the major activity is going on underground….RP is being fed a fertiliser designed to help him establish a strong root system, which will stand him in good stead in the coming months.

The high chicken wire has been removed, after a call from Sting and Amnesty International, and RP is now encircled by only the green mesh…this development also follows us rounding up the escaping five brown shavers and clipping their fight feathers, thereby restricting them to their measly 1/4 acre paddock…we await a call from the Poultry Protection Society at any time, accusing us of similarly unjustifiable incarceration.

Until that time, the sun is shining and we’re all expecting RP to soak up the rays and do what he was put on this earth for!  Onward to glory….

Watering sorted!

Just in case RP gets a bit dry…..

RP moves home

After concerns about RP’s melatonin levels, he was today moved to a sunnier spot in the veggie patch.   He has also been given a nice feed, to encourage formation of a strong root system.

At present, RP is somewhat overshadowed by the spuds, but in time he’ll have the last laugh!