Because of the Barrels position next to the Chooks day pen, the drain got filled with dirt being scratched up.. There are now Scratch Guards in place to stop this from happening but the damage was done... I just couldnt clean the dirt out from beyond the elbow...
The other problem I overlooked was the quality of the soil going into the barrels.. The decision was made just to use the "premium" soil mix from a local landscape suppler with some mulch added in as it had next to no organic matter & looks to be based, from my limited knowledge, on clay & sand.. Would probably make excellent mud bricks though... ; )»
The mix it was replaced with today is a blend of "Premium" soil mix, bulk purchased "Nursery grade" Potting mix & a litre or so of "5 in1" blended through the top layer.. As you can see it isnt anywhere near as clay like as the original... I have learned not to believe in what people call their products, pity it was the hard way... We have also noticed that the "Premium" mix has formed a hard "crust" where we have used it to top dress some of the other beds.. I keep raking the soil between the rows just to allow rain & air to penetrate into the beds... The Ginger & Galangal will get the same revamp on the weekend even though they have straight joiners as drains.. Just want to make certain they dont get flooded out & rot the Rhizomes...
I did go down to to plant out some Cabbages & Kohlrabi but got side tracked by the Barrel... I did manage to transplant what we think is a capsicum & a Banana Chilli... They went from Bed # 1 into Bed # 2 to live with the new Tomato & Basil plants.. Will be getting some Celery seedlings to go in between in the next day or so... 
Started to see a few more of these guys around again lately... Always love to see the larger Parrots around...Have a great one all....
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