was on me! A quick post for anyone attempting soap making off the back of my previous posts. The egg mould thing, while it looked great, turned out to be an ENTIRE pain in the backside! Yes, I did try to ‘shell’ one of the soaps too early and it did not come out cleanly, … Continue reading
Category Archives: veggie garden
Sweet, sweet corn
… so much to relish! (and no, the puns just don’t stop) Hot on the heels of great success with ‘canning*’ dill pickles and beetroot and our two types of strawberry jam, Chris took to one of the three stands of sweet corn in the soil garden and returned a bounty of 8 lovely ears (OK … … Continue reading
Plenty of plenty
and plenty more 😀 We have had a very productive time in the garden recently, but with all of the business of Christmas and end-of-year things, I did not get to post. Both the aquaponics and soil garden have been very prolific, so much so, that many of the presents we labelled and wrapped were from … Continue reading
How about them onions, then hey?
Alliums by the bunch! …or should that be alliae? Behold the above bounty of red onions that came out of the aquaponics system. They started out as an experiment, but we are both quite amazed that the onions have done so well. Mind you, the spring onions and the chives have always performed well, so why … Continue reading
Garden feasts
and a new recipe to share… I know I have waxed lyrical before about the sheer bliss of eating from the garden, but here I go again… My life seems to be a bountiful list of strategies—how to get fitter, how to lose some ‘excess-to-requirements’ kilos, how to be better organised for study etc etc … Continue reading
When chickens turn bad :(
AKA protect your crops! Above: behold: our chicken pecked tomato… I’ve been busy—finishing the academic year and not so happy with my last assignment. My head buzzes most of the time and I seem to have not managed to develop a strategy for focus and note taking. This has lead to an endless folder in my … Continue reading
Don’t be radicchio!
…and other stories of produce! Just a quick update. The aquaponics system is going well and today we harvested seven huge red onions (despite the fact that they had not ‘died off’—but they needed to come out)…and in their place I managed to propagate 22 onions which are now nestled into the system. I also … Continue reading
aquaponics / chickens / rants / veggie garden
Odds and sods
AKA a small random collection of unrelated things We are now into October so Spring is certainly here. It’s lovely to see fresh growth on the Jacaranda which we planted two years ago in memory of my brother. In the last two years I think it has doubled in height but in that time we have not seen any … Continue reading
Some tidying…
…and a bunch more to come I have been a bit neglectful of the house and the garden. I am afraid that the small trip away, and then working on the last assignment for my course, somehow ate my brain, but I got back into the swing of it this weekend as my slightly aching muscles can … Continue reading
Quick cross post…
If you are interested in plastic and what is happening with it and the environment and our health…head here for a jaunty rant! http://cow2014.wordpress.com/2014/09/26/24-plastics-rant/ Continue reading
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