I harvested leeks, silverbeet, spring onions, coriander and parsley.

My change jar keeps getting used. Lucky for dh we got him a can you can’t get into for his savings, for gasp one of those huge tv’s. Marriage is all about compromise I suppose, I don’t want one, I think it stinks of consumer consumption going mad but however if dh saves and buys one with his own savings who am I too crush his goals. He has…[Read more]

Oh my goodness I am wanting to know this same thing too except I have mini pumpkins, bright yellow and I want to pick one to cook up today with a roast chicken. Hope someone helps soon 😀

I have done a whole 2 jars of pickled beetroot LOL but I have enough brine left for another jar once I get those beetroot dug up that are fat enough now.

Lady b I am so envious of all your tomatoes, we go thru so many tomato products that it is my dream to be able to provide our own sauce and bottled tomtoes.

I planted a few plants but I have a…[Read more]

Just what I was going to ask! Can you use ordinary seeds from your sunflowers that the birds are eating right now might I add LOL

I am from NZ and I have never heard of NZ peas, interesting.

I am eating stuffed baked courgette right now yum. The are also yummy crumbed and shallow fried

Thanks for the ideas Amy.

Tuna casserole is a favourite here too.

If I had known our summer was going to be so hot this year (after the really miserable one last year) I would love to have put in some okra and eggplant.Yum

I agree about school, I have some money budgeted for it but you can never really tell until the school invoices come in for this and that, I can’t wait for the routine of it to all start again.

Well done Liz on the extra repayment, that is great.

And I am all for low tech budgeting LOL at least I can understand it that way;)

I would never be…[Read more]

We are all doing well, Tullymoor when we were renovating I felt in exactly the same position, always money going out and lots of it!

I think if you have a little setbacks or bad days as long as you keep focusing on your big picture you are ahead and doing well. We are humans, we aren’t supposed to be perfect no matter what we think;)

I have a…[Read more]

Craisins recipe anyone? I do not know what on earth possessed me to buy them LOL I must have been feeling Christmassy at the time:lol:

Would an old meat safe work as well? I have one I saw in my bil garage and he gave it to me, I however painted mine up and is now a piece of furniture LOL but I am know there are lots hiding in garages and sheds around my area. Perhaps put the word around…

I agree about the meat but fruit is a big expense in my house too but at least we are all taking healthy lunches to work and school with us.

My goals are to not buy any magazines tho I do have a subscription to 2 mags that I got for my birthday in December so that will keep me going thru the year along with getting them out of the library.

I…[Read more]

Well I am glad I didn’t read this until now LOL

I have a small garden and my potatoes are thriving right beside my pumpkins! It is the potatoes that are flopping over the pumpkin actually but the pumpkins are now flowing over the sides of the bed on to the gravel so there is plenty of room for them all.

I also have peas and beans with them as…[Read more]

Mine is not for salads (but I am salivating over the idea of sundried ones or preserved in olive oil) I just threw mine in freezer bags and either stirfried them up with oil and herbs and onions and served with pasta, used them on top of pizzas and hm breads.

I found they actually kept their shape really well and I had to crush them for my…[Read more]

I sowed broccoli, brussel sprouts, lettuces, coriander, basil veges seeds and flowers: geum and red poppies.

Well done Janine, I have potatoes, broad beans, courgettes and silver beet oh and onions, I am so thrilled as I am a beginner gardener on a tiny plot of land.

I agree it is all worthwhile battling the wind, snails and aphids;)

Lovely photos:tup:

I would have to say since we are having gale force winds here today giving my poor veges hell and the dog dug up some of my seeds I lovingly planted yesterday that I can understand why not everyone has a vege garden! Don’t even start me on the aphids and whitefly and the butterflies!!:(