Sunday, March 15, 2009

Water tank fixed and season change


After a period of having to 'pay' for water we are now back to tending the little growers with the rain that gathers in our tank, the pump is fixed and I suspect the tank quite full through lack of use and generous rain lately. The Diggers catalogue came last week and I have already gone online to order my seeds, a fig black genoa tree and lots of garlic. Patrice Newell supplies ran out ages ago and I will now attempt my own.

Have made yet another salad from the garden today, had it with two fried eggs from our 'girls'. Small quantities of my asian style lettuce, rocket, radicchio, parsley, basil and mint all mixed up together and supplemented by spinach leaves. Beautiful to look at and bloody good to taste.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

And another cucumber


Today I harvested my third cuc in about 4 weeks. Some beetroot seedlings went in and I removed all the lettuces that weren't at their best. There is a baby watermelon forming, ever so tiny. The chooks have been consistent, three eggs a day for months now, must be happy here! Autumn is here so time to think about what comes next.