Better late than never!

Some months back my enthusiastic husband collected and dried the seeds from a capsicum while muttering loudly about the inflated prices and dubious freshness of what was available from our only supermarket.

Well, it has taken a while and we'd almost given them up as a waste of our tank water when suddenly we spotted this. It's currently as big as an egg, and there are many more smaller ones on their way too.

More experienced gardeners (ie-just about anyone!) tell us we should be able to collect the fruit until the first frost which will probably knock the plants about and put an end to our fun.

Last time we tried this experiment our chooks at the time got in and demolished the plants completely, but this time we have a better fence for the vegie patch and for the chooks!

Feeding the family

It's so very satisfiying (and economical) to feed your family from your own garden. This basket became a quiche. And later we used our lemons to make a mayonnaise. Oh yum.
And its nearly three monthe since our chooks arrived from the egg farm and its a relief to see them almost fully feathered again. Thanks for the eggs ladies, keep up the good work!

Fresh Produce

On the way home from collecting our chooks we called on Grandad who insisted on giving us bags of his homegrown vegies. Yummo. The oranges are sweet and delicious. The carrots, parsnips and onions were roasted last night. The rhubard is destined for a crumble. The lettuce seems to be cropped out of the picture but it won't go astray as the weather warms up.

Grandad's massive vegie patch puts our modest plot to shame. But you gotta start somewhere, right? Hopefully we'll have some vegies of our own in a month or two.