30 October 2014

28 October 2014

Harvest Monday

The unseasonably hot weather brought the garlic harvest time forward a couple of weeks and I am happy to say that it is a very good harvest this year. I planted 72 cloves and harvested 69 bulbs. Some were a bit strange looking. There were a couple of triple headers...

16 October 2014

Making Jam

It is something I had wanted to do for a while now but have always felt intimidated by the whole process. That all changed when I bought 4 1/2 kilos of strawberries for five dollars at the markets. I have no idea what I was thinking, but they were too good of a bargain...