monday moments
2011
:: finally, I’ve cracked the homemade digestive! Wholemeal and oats, a hint of sweetness, thin and crisp. Next time I’m adding poppy seeds, black pepper and rosemary. Julian says if I insist, I’ll have to bake two batches ’cause he’s happy just the way these are.
:: Sweetpea’s gardening. I suppose we really were asking for it, leaving the wheelbarrow full of hay in the back garden. Now 1/3 of it’s strewn across the lawn. I kind of like it – makes me feel wonderfully rural.
:: lugged the dresser to the front porch – less wind, more sun, less debris. Last coat done. Tomorrow it will be out to the sewing shed with you, sweet dresser.
:: what should I do with my lavendar? It’s smothered in flowers – and abuzz with sweet bees. If I pick it now, will more flowers grow? Hmmm … if you know anything about lavendar please do tell!
:: mulched the basil – I bought ten wee plants – might get ten more – it’s surely not possible to have too much basil? What we don’t eat each day will make wonderful pesto.
:: look at this! wee tomatoes! We’re hoping to build some raised beds out of pallets (thrifted from the roadside of course – already got two waiting) for our sun soaked driveway and there will be a whole bed devoted to tomatoes – with basil and marigolds tossed in as well. We’re hoping for a serious tomato harvest this year. I want to eliminate as many shop bought tins of tomatoes from our larder as possible – the food miles are hideous.
:: and these wee flowers – they belong to our second year raspberry canes. egads! does this mean we may have a handful of raspberries this year. This needs some serious research. Berry growing seems to be some form of alchemy.
:: and I’ve re-hung my chicken teatowel curtain from our long ago house in Norman Park. I found it last week in a box in the garage – it’s so warm and cheery, and just made for glowing in the daylight saving / late afternoon sun. And those chickens … well, there will hopefully be some more realistic versions doing their thing in the back corner of our garden very soon :-) Oh my goodness – I do declare there is such spring excitement here in Bootville.
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Hi Lily,
Last summer when I had an abundance of basil, I decide to freeze some to have during winter. It worked so well and I now have basil all year round. I just break of the leaves and gently lay them on top of each other in something like an ice cream container and pop them in the freezer. You do not have to put any thing between the layers. When you need some basil just lift the lid and take out as many leaves as you need, they separate very easily. I always use basil in my pasta sauce. With regard to the lavender, the big fellow prunes ours right back after the flowers are spent. I pick the main stem flowers and usually the little shoots on the side of the main stem send out new flower heads sort of like a second crop. I can’t believe you have toms starting already on your plants. We haven’t even got flowers yet. I think your garden is going to send forth bumpers crops for you this year.
Blessings Gail
Homemade digestive biscuits! Would you post the recipe for us? (Imperial units if possible) They look divine…
I can’t say if your lavender blooms will come back or not, but if you didn’t spray them this year, then I would use them to make a batch of lavender jelly… amazingly easy to whip up and its truly delicious.
I have a jar of lavender vinegar infusing on my kitchen shelf, right next to the orange peel vinegar.
I quarter to half fill a jar with lavender flowers then top up the rest of the jar with white vinegar and leave it to infuse for a couple of weeks. I use the vinegar in cleaning, and the infused vinegars eliminate the fish & chip shop smell that cleaning with vinegar is so often associated with.
Wholesome and delicious! Isn’t it awesome when we can indulge our sweet tooth without having to worry about unnecessary sugars or calories! Your pictures of garden and home are so beautiful! Happy Happy Spring!!
cookie recipe pretty please!!