I'm slowly on the mend, having been decidedly unwell for a while (and yes, getting older in the middle of it. Weird how a year can pass just in a day :-)).
We're definitely into the starving months (when spring veg aren't quite up) and I am regretting not having put more effort into my brassicas (we've always done well with brocolli. Not this year). I think by the time summer comes we're going to be very very sick of swiss chard (sliverbeet) and fennel, and for some reason, leeks. A few asparagus have been eaten, and the Artichokes plants are looking 1)fantastic 2)okay 3) a bit small 4)too small 5) too small 6)deceased (yes I have 5 plants) Still we still have frozen apple and frozen tomato and lots of dried apple, and some other fruit. And I have been getting enough Cape Gooseberry to eat off the plant. That's it for winter fruit, so that is quite relevant.
August was just generally windy and horrible - barely got to sea at all, thank heavens for shooting. We still have loads of meat, it's just fish and shellfish that are at historic lows. I have a new rechargeable yacht spotlight to try for wallaby. We're still cutting firewood - but the ground is now so boggy as to cut me off from my favorite she-oak patch - a pity it burns hotter than most
Hi Dave, I have Kohl rabbi and chilli if you want.... HeHeHe. :-) Bill.
ReplyDeleteJust keep telling yourself that spring is on the way (less than a month, officially).
ReplyDeleteLisa S. in Seattle
I might fool myself, but can I fool the plants? (East Astralian current cold winter water makes our spring late - but Autumn later (as we get summer water from the North in mid-Feb)
DeleteI've got my next season's courgettes and silverbeet in, we had quite a mild winter so I've still got carrots and spring onions.
ReplyDeleteThe other day for some reason I was thinking about that mussel soup you made us in Empangeni. Yum.
Corgettes already? My word. My spring onions are going to seed, and my carrots getting old. I have some that planted in May, but v-few.
DeleteChili... Bill, my bum has barely recovered from burn on the way in and burn hotter on the way out, last time.
ReplyDeleteI've been craving potato and leek soup recently.
ReplyDeleteInteresting thoughtts
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