Today was busy with shopkeeping things - printing, sorting, re-stocking, and sorting stuff. Plus bringing parcels to the post office, which is one of the tasks I feel are very pleasant; not only is there a feeling of accomplishment when things are sent off, it also means a nice little walk to the post office and back, sometimes accompanied by a short hop into the shop across the road to stock up on things. Which might include something nice and sweet for the afternoon coffee.

Speaking of coffee, my little coffee plants are coming along nicely:



Some of the batch have gone to a new home (with my mum, and aunt, or friends) and I'll see how the rest does. At least this time I know that they like light, but no direct full sun, and that they need acidic soil (the lack of which probably killed them last time around).

The chili plants are also coming along, though slowly. I already had most of them moved to outside, so they'd have direct sun and fresh air and rain and overall outsideness... but they are back in the wintergarden now, after some losses.

You see, at night... the snails came. They feasted on the chilis, and also on the basil, which is the sorry blurry thing you can see in the foreground here:



Another reason for moving the plants back inside: One day, we came home from a walk and saw a hare hopping through the garden, and I'm pretty sure that he or she's to blame for two chili plants that were bitten off right above the soil! They probably won't come back, as they were still quite young... but I'm determined not to feed the hare with more of my capsicum plants, so inside they'll stay.