We have a couple of chilli bushes in the herb garden – a Jalapeño, and one of these below, I call it “mystery” variety. Its very pretty, as the chillies are quite short, and the whole bush is more of a ground cover than a bush. Danny has been keen to make some of […]
Well finally I’m getting some significant tomato harvest – I was so sure they wouldn’t ripen in time, as the whole vegie garden has been very slow this year. But I have managed to pick a few good handfuls each day for the last week or so, and they’ve been steadily accumulating. Besides tomato sauce, […]
Finally harvested the last of the corn yesterday. Feels good to have it all frozen ready to see us out for winter. Everyone in the family loves corn so its great to have a good supply throughout the year. Most of it we picked a couple of weekends ago, and my wonderful parents peeled […]
My vegie garden has been a bit disappointing this year. My tomato bushes are loaded with fruit, but most of it is still quite green. I love to make tomato sauce, and was getting quite worried that my tomatoes wouldn’t ripen, before the weather turned cold. So I lashed out and purchased a 10kg box […]
For about 10 days in a row, back in November, Danny was out in the veggie garden raiding the strawberry patch. I didn’t mind at all, because I didn’t have time to pick them. Whatever he couldn’t eat, he brought inside, washed for me and piled them in bowls in the fridge. We had plenty […]