It was unbearable not to have leek seeds. A couple of other totally vital seed packets were not in my potting shed either, so my fingers got itching on the Koanga website. Hence the title of this post, as these precious seeds (Lacinato is also known as walking stick kale, Lyon is a type of leek, Naughty Marietta is a marigold and Giant Russian is a sunflower) will arrive on my doorstep some time in the next week I hope. I do already have other varieties of kale, marigold and sunflower, but these ones are eagerly awaited.
I planted out the last of my outdoor seedling pots this morning. Calendula in amongst the garlic and yams. The foliage contrast on the yams and garlic is already lovely and I thought some orange flowers in amongst them could only be wonderful. The last silverbeet seedling in the spot where the slugs vanquished a lettuce.
Egg and bacon pie for tea tonight. Our own eggs, silverbeet, thyme and parsley. Locally cured bacon. Peas and onions from New Zealand. Pastry bought ready made and ready rolled. Tuesday is a working mother afternoon.
It's better made at home
2 weeks ago
2 comments:
Hmmmm - that pie is a firm favourite around here! We often sit around the table playing "Imagine"..."imagine if we had a cow to make the butter for the pastry, imagine if we grew our own grain for the flour, imagine..." - you get the picture! The "imagine if we had chickens for their eggs" one often comes up;-)
After years of no gluten and no eggs for Fionn, it's quite exciting to be having bacon and egg pie for dinner - we'll be having it again soon.
Pigs would be great too aye?!! They could turn a whole paddock ready for planting in just a month and then we could eat the pig and plant the soil.
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