Sometimes I really struggle with getting the timing right for my harvests. With things like tomato it’s easy peasy – it’s red, it’s ready. Lettuce is good to go when it is all leafy and it’s really easy to pop a leaf in your mouth to taste it just to make sure it hasn’t gone bitter. Zucchini is simple – it’s got to be bigger … Continue reading 150 days exactly.
It’s hot. I mean really hot. We are officially in a drought. The boffins have number crunched and apparently January normally gets about 60mm of rain, I guess that’s why looking back over past summers all I remember is dashed expectations of a “proper summer.” Well this year we are having that magic kind of summer – long and hot! But they say that we … Continue reading My garden doesn’t need me… sob sob sob
I told myself that I would take a weekly photo of the garden and post it on a Wednesday because the garden is growing so fast that the monthly one just isn’t enough to do it justice. Since I made this decision I have taken the photos on a Wednesday but I have failed to post on a Wednesday and have only just managed to … Continue reading Opps I’m Late
Last night I was too tired to even lift my fingers to the keyboard. I have been toiling frantically for two days solid. I have sore tummy muscles from all the digging (although strangely all the chubby-too-much-cake stuff is still there – I should have a decent 6 pack for all the aching going on!) My nails are chipped and the dirt has worked its … Continue reading So incredibly knackered…
More often than not when I wake up in the mornings it is dark. It couldn’t possibly be because I’ve been waking up earlier because I’m just not that kind of girl, which can be verified by the fact I have no idea if it’s getting colder outside on these darker mornings as I like to stay tucked up in bed until the last possible … Continue reading Gradually the last vestiges of summer begin to slip away.
…. But something exciting happened. The postie delivered my seeds! It’s like all my Christmas’s have come at once – even though I know what is in the package. It’s all about what the package represents: Summer and all the sights, smells and flavours it has to offer. As I sit here, wrapped up warm, watching the heavy rain come in horizontally and listening to the … Continue reading I wasn’t intending on blogging again so soon….
