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Back in action...

Sunday, 21 June 2009

Wow... it's been a long time... Between projects, work and visitors there hasn't been much time to sit down and write, but I'm finally updating, mainly just to get back into practice and to be more disciplined!

The photos are of the ramp at our place - we (well mostly Ganesh, I was more involved in the design phase) built it for Grandma as she's been hesitant to climb our stairs. It was a big success and she's been over twice since it's gone up! We've also made a start on some gates for the front (harder than it looks to keep a pole straight in cement!)... and the plum tree chair is just such a novelty I had to include it! You can see people trees as well at http://www.pooktre.com.

It's been an interesting weekend filled with stress about the eclipse specifics given the visa issues which I can't elaborate on until I return! Grandma's 80th birthday at the Windsor... A lovely bike ride to the CERES farmers market with a friend which included the best egg rolls eva! (Toasted turkish bread, freshly laid fried eggs topped with feta and parsley, fried onion, green tomato chutney and lots of freshly picked spinach)... Lots of visitors.... and a trip to the farm to clean out the shed which means I now have a whole trailer load of trash waiting to be turned into treasure!

Happy Greening :-)

Labels: garden, home improvements

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Tiny Tomatoes

Thursday, 19 March 2009

For most of my adult life I have been under the impression that the smallest tomatoes were cherry tomatoes... Today my beliefs have been crushed as our first tomatoes ripened to about the size of peas! When our tomato bush initially filled with beautifully cute green tomatoes of miniature proportions I was thrilled! I was sure it was only a matter of days or weeks before I was selling tomatoes by the kilo on the side of the road. This dream, however, was not to be. The little green tomatoes did not grow at all! They just ripened, reddened and while they smell and taste as a tomato should, it's hard to find enough to fill a spoon, let alone make spaghetti sauce! I have since discovered that these tiny tomato samples are actually 'red currant tomatoes'... Officially the world's smallest tomatoes!

Labels: garden, tomatoes

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