Takeaway fish and chips. Chocolate. Cupboards ignored.
Maybe I'll be a good girl tomorrow. Maybe it will stop raining.
Consistency does not live at my home.
A cleaner is a cleaner
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Not high tech, not high spec. One woman's journey outside of nappies and dishes and into tulips, borlotti beans and compost recipes.
About Me
- Sandra
- West Coast, South Island, New Zealand
- community . garden . kitchen . politics
Current growing projects
- Below is a list of everything currently in my garden. Some items I only have one plant of while others I have 20. Seeing how much I have growing really encourages me. It's nowhere near self-sufficiency levels but it is very satisfying, even exciting.
- Flowers - calendulas, canna lilly, clematis, daffodils, freesias, fuchsias, hydrangeas, nasturtiums, pansies, roses, sunflowers
- Fruit - Blackberries, blackcurrants, blueberries, feijoas, lemons, raspberries, rhubarb, strawberries
- Herbs - Aloe vera, bay, chamomile (German), comfrey, feverfew, mint, oregano, chives, garlic chives, lemon verbena, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, lemon thyme
- Vegetables - globe artichokes, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, cavolo nero, curly and red russian kale, chilli peppers, leeks, onions (Welsh bunching and red Brunswick),peas, rua and maori potatoes, pumpkin (buttercup squash and Musquee de Provence), radiccio, rocket, swiss chard or silverbeet - Ironman, Bright Lights, yams, zucchini costata
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3 comments:
Very glad to hear it. I haven't started yet. In fact, my larder shelf is even messier than when I photographed it, although we are eating up the back of the fridge :)
Joanna
hey have you seen supercook.com? you put in the contents of your kitchen, and it gives you recipes! i can't vouch for the recipes tho ;) we've decided to do a clear out too, but haven't started yet either! lol..
(however i *did* eat the last of my chocolate the other day! ;) )
Will look that up Nova. I'm balancing between expecting some adventurousness from my family eating-wise and refusing to put cooking time and effort into dishes no one will want to eat.
Chocolate. Yes. Does need clearing here too. I'll be off to the fridge now then.
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