02 March 2025

Getting to Know Me

This post has been sitting in draft form for over a year, so I thought it was time to answer the questions and post it. 


1. What was the last thing you ate?
Baked beans on toast.

2. Do you sleep naked?
Not since I had children.

3. The worst physical pain you ever been in? 
Giving birth to my children, although having shingles was no party either.

4. Favourite place you’ve ever been? 
Of the places I have visited so far Kangaroo Island would have to be a favourite.

5. How late did you stay up last night?
 Between 10.30pm and 11.00pm. 

6. If you could move somewhere else, where would you move to? 
My ancestry is for the most part English, Irish and Scottish. There is a smattering of other ethnicities as well, but if I was going to move from Australia, it would more than likely be somewhere in Great Britain. 

7. Christmas or New Year? 

Christmas! At least it used to be, but it has become so commercialised now that it’s lost some of its magic for me. Last year Christmas decoration were in the stores in September.


8. When was the last time you cried? 
Finding out my daughter No. 2 was pregnant with her much longed for first child. I cried like a baby. No pun intended.

9. What’s the last photo on your phone? 
My grandson who has just turned seven months old. He is so stinking cute!

10. Two of your favourite movies? 
I don't have a favourite movie per se, but I do like a good mystery thriller or apocalyptic movie.

11. What's your favourite season?
Autumn, closely followed by winter. After the heat of our hot, dry summers the cooler months bring such relief.

12. Which famous person would you like to meet?
I can't think of anyone in particular, but if I could go back in time and meet some of my female ancestors and find the answers to some questions I have, I would.

13. If you could talk to ANYONE right now, who would it be?
My mother. She passed away in September 2000 and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't miss her.

14. Are you a good Influence? 
I like to think I am.

15. Does pineapple belong on pizza?
Absolutely!

16. You have the remote, what show would you be watching right now?
I'm single, so I always have the remote.

17. First Concert? 
The Bay City Rollers.

19. Favourite food? 
Pizza. Sushi runs a very close second.

20. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
My family was Catholic so I wanted to be a nun because they always seemed so serene, but then my mother (who went to Catholic schools growing up) told me what some of the nuns were like and that put me off the whole idea.  When I grew older I thought being an air hostess would be a fun way to make a living the only problem was I am far too shy and introverted for that type of work. If I had the chance to go back and choose now I would be a forensic anthropologist.

Until next time, stay safe and be kind to each other, Janette.

11 March 2024

Sowing for the Autumn/Winter Garden


It's not a very exciting photo I know, but I wanted to post, so I have a record of when I sowed and what I sowed. These are all the seeds that can't be direct sown, and were sown on March 5th. The seeds that can be direct sown won’t go in until we get some cooler weather, which at the moment feels like it is never going to happen. We have had a reasonably cool summer this year, but just as the temperatures should have started to drop, it rose instead and we are now on day seven where the temperature has been above 35°C. Today’s high was 41°C, (105.8°F) as was yesterday, and the day before. 

Here is a list of the seeds I have sown so far.

Brassicas 
Brussel Sprouts - Long Island

Broccoli  Green Dragon and Di Ciccio

Cauliflower - Macerati Green, Purple Sicily and Rober

Pak Choi - Shuko

Lettuce - Green Mignonette, Freckles, and Butternut

Spinach - Red Kitten

Here is how they are doing after six days.





As soon as the weather starts to cool down I will be sowing all of the carrot, turnip, parsnip, wombok cabbage, and pea seeds.

There is still a week of warm to hot days ahead so while I wait for the weather to change I will order some compost to top up the vegetable beds, and dream of the harvest to come.

Until next time, stay safe and be kind to each other.