CARROTS

I sat down to have a coffee after a lovely session potting up yet more seedlings and still not having enough garden space for them to go directly in...anyway, there I was sitting there and over on the kitchen bench was a bunch of the most perfect carrots I have ever grown (and just picked ). I couldn't take my eyes off them - you know that skippity doo thing - but I resisted the urge to put them on the blog. Now I have finished my coffee and have lots of other things to tend to but I am fully addicted ! There is no where you could send me for rehab, except maybe Antarctica, because plants grow everywhere and the internet is creeping into all the farthest flung places on earth.

So, here's my love for today. I have them growing in a tub (I was going to say 'outside' but that's pretty obvious!) so I can get the soil friable and deep and it works. I chose to grow a fairly long and thin variety so they could all squeeze in together. I grew some free carrots from Diggers last year - they were purple on the outside and orange in the middle and were the most delicious carrots I have ever had but I couldn't find exactly the right seed this year. Somewhere (I hope) I have the name of them written down but these are good too, if not quite so tasty.

BARRY BEACH'S OPEN DAY

Barry buys Diana's seedlings, grows them on and sells the produce from them and lots of other lovely things at the Willunga Farmers' Market.

He has his property open to the public on Sunday the 11th of Nov. as part of the Southern Fleurieu Spring Garden Festival.

Open times are from 10 - 4pm. Entry is by gold coin donation and all money goes to the Southern Fleurieu Cancer Support Group

If you go, be sure to say hello to Barry and tell him you are from the seedsavers group.

Location: Old Telegraph Rd, Middleton. Follow the Beach Organics sign on the main road connecting Pt. Elliot to Middleton.

Check out Barry's website

http://www.beachorganics.com.au/

Its Hard To Kill A Good Sourdough!

Sometimes things just do not go the way you plan them too. I had planned to make Deb's sour dough rolls.
I thought I would try the sour dough using different flours as I try to avoid wheat.
I used rye, barley and spelt flours but ended up with a sticky mess.
I left my sticky mess for a few days while contemplating what could be done with it.

I added a little wheat flour to some and then pressed it into a large pizza tray. I spread some olive oil over the surface and then I sprinkled finely sliced onions, freshly chopped oregano, crushed garlic and some crumbled fetta cheese. I baked this in a hot oven and it was delicious.

Okay, maybe I can make a sultana pizza, so I added 2 spoonfuls of cinnamon to the mix, and some sultanas  spread the mix onto a pizza tin, I brushed it with milk and baked it in a moderately hot oven. This was also great .  I was on a roll  nothing would be able to stop my creativity. Or so I thought.

Okay now to the scary bit, I added 2 eggs, some yoghurt, some sultanas, a bit of self raising flour and a spoon full of honey and enough milk to make a cake like consistency. It looked okay so I lined a pan with grease proof paper and baked it in a moderate oven. So far so good  but I had forgotten to grease the paper, so my cake was stuck to the paper. We tried to remove it but it remained immovable. Then Bob had the brilliant idea to wash it of, so here he is at the kitchen sink washing my cake. Well not just washing it but soaking it with water and trying to scrub the paper off. By this stage I was laughing hysterically, anyway back it went into the oven to dry out . The photo shows we did not get all the paper off  but it is very nice, solid and sour but quite delicious and very edible. Great sour dough creations! 

Life does not always work out as we plan, but sometimes the results are okay.

BLOG DREAMING

"When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream. When we are dreaming with others, it is the beginning of reality" - Dom Helder Camara

This why the blog is good, all good and nothing but good !

FIRST STRAWBERRIES

I am sure many of you have had strawberries by now but I picked the first decent amount today. The millipedes did better though. These won't be the best ones but at least its something to brighten up dessert tonight.

Evelyn came to visit the other day and we were looking at the garden when the sun broke through the clouds and she needed a sun hat. Nanna came to the rescue with a very handy silverbeet umbrella!.

Ginkgo in The Rain

Hi All,
Just wanted to share a few photos of my little Ginkgo Biloba tree that I have been training to be a Bonsai for the past 5 years. I love the way the rain beads off the leaves. You can use the leaves in salads and they help if you have memory or tinnitus issues.
Happy Gardening and enjoy the sky juice