Gardening and Baking around the place...

Been busy around the place the last few days. The mowing is nearly all done, so I have been baking and re-planting up the vegie garden.

Banana Cake with Dates and Honey

Flowering Basil 

 Cabbage starting to take off

 Celery

 Ceylon Spinach

 Comfrey doing well

 Eggless Date Loaf

 Eggplant still producing lots of fruit

 Homemade yoghurt

 Newly planted lettuce

 Lovage - Perrenial Celery

 Luffas have gone crazy

 Oregano

 Spuds have resprouted

 Rhubarb is doing well, about 6 months old

 Newly planted rocket

 Shallots

 Strawberries are giving me some fruit

 Newly planted sweet potato is starting to go well, I have planted a clumping one, a purple one and an orange one

 Tomato seedlings sprouting

 Whippersnapper cherry tomatoes - newly planted

 The dogs are helping (hindering) the chooks and guinea fowl going away for the night

 Comfrey fertiliser

 Feverfew

 Marigolds

 Nasturtiums have self seeded in lots of places

There are other things that I have planted including green and purple beans, peas, endive - perennial lettuce, cabbages, cauliflowers, brussel sprouts, etc.  Still want to plant some carrots and a few other things here and there, I'm really striving for a lush looking vegie garden, and have been spending an hour or 2 each afternoon digging over areas that I am about to plant in to, and fertilising and watering, so my efforts should pay off hopefully.  Kasey was home sick today with a sore throat and headaches, so hopefully she is feeling better tomorrow. Michael is home from WA tonight for a week, so hopefully he can start to train his dog to leave my chickens and guinea fowl alone! He (the dog, not Michael, hehe) is being tied up for an hour each afternoon so I can let them all out to free range, but it really is a hassle that I would rather do without. I will try and get up to the library tomorrow to take back some books and pick up a couple of others I have reserved. It's starting to get very chilly here in the mornings and late afternoons, won't be long before we have to start lighting the fire.