Last post of 2010

(drafted this post on new years eve, got distracted)!

It has been months since my last post...
The bacon was AWESOME - we had to blanch it prior to frying though, as it was a little salty. It could have done with 1-2 less days of curing, but its a great start.  We are thinking about getting a couple of pigs in 2011 to raise our own bacon... might be dreaming, but we'll see. Lots of research to do yet. Hugh Fearnley Whittinstall has been good inspiration and teacher!


Home grown beets - planning to make beetroot chocolate brownies!

We have grown a load of mixed heirloom variety carrots - supplied by A&B Trees (http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-B-Trees-Heathcote/161692683849244?ref=ts)

A few of them have branced into many 'legs', we think its because we didn't cultivate the soil properly (lesson for next time!) - but they still taste great.

Also grew purple beans, they are yummy raw, and turn green when cooked - so much more fun to eat straight from the plant.

Capsicums - first harvest from our new veg patch in the paddock (future home of the pigs)

Latest addition to the front garden orchard... a bay tree. I pinched one leaf off it a few days ago and it didn't mind at all - nicer to cook with than the dried kind.

Our apricots - new years eve.

There's a few of our spring/summer veg!