Just limes 1/4ed,salt, coriander seeds, allspice, black pepper corns and a cinnamon quill .,,I will try it in 3 months and see how it turned out…..looking at lime pickle recipes at the moment to use up some more limes…theres one on SBS website that is a 6 month ferment others are quicker but add fried spices after a few weeks ,might try both

Juiced 2 litres of lime juice today and made some pickled limes in a Moroccan inspired way

It turned out so well Im making heaps more…..today we have new neighbours,he was washing his car I gathered some limes and asked if he wanted them ,he just laughed and said a guy walks out of the bush and hands me limes what a place,I said enjoy,no names, no small chat, just left …..its how I first was introduced to the place…… I looked at…[Read more]

Cooked san marzano (roma) is excellent but as a salad tomato its bland

Found it by accident and stayed

Ive got a whole lot ready for a gelati….1 sugar 1 water boil 2 juice some rind add 3 tablespoons vodka so it doesnt freeze….I got an icecream machine from the op shop for $4….everything is ready to go bu I was busy today

Dug a a foundation for some stairs….bloody hard as it was mainly rock

Ive done well with san marzanos but fruit fly seem to attack everything but cherry tomatoes….Ive being hammered by green shield bugs at the moment from the reading Im doing they spread disease and cause wilt as well as ruining your fruit,,,I will need to improve my soil make it more water retentive as this is part of the problem of weak…[Read more]

Had a day off

Ive got a mountain of limes again even after giving heaps away

Im a big fan of Tommy Toe but Im starting to doubt its suitability they are starting to all get wilt,they did so well for so long but the last few years despite all my efforts its not been as good as it has in the past.

Ive seen so many in op shops over the years but never since I worked out what its used for

Certainly is

Lugged blocks down the hill for some stairs Im going to build

got wilt in a new tomato,brand new pot brand new dirt….grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

It will match the path

Cutting granite for the porch organised the jig saw will glue it down tommorow and grout

Finished all the drainage today

Went looking at gravel to lay down the path,10mm limestone is the winner Im going to get enough for around my raised garden beds and some for my vineyard (grapes love limestone)…Neighbour is bring up his backhoe to clear a bit of his block and offered to shift some stuff around for me so perfect timing to get gravel and top soil down the hill…[Read more]

Finished yayyyyyyy