Spring is here in Adelaide
In beautiful Adelaide, Spring is upon us and the garden is loaded with beautiful blossoms and flowers. Here are a few to admire.
Zucchini Tromboncino – Summer and Winter Squash
Tromboncini an excellent Zucchini
Enjoy Geums – Brilliant in Orange
Everyone would and should enjoy Geums! Popularly, they are called as Avens. They are long flowering flowers and they come in brilliant shades to brighten up the gloomiest of days. They dazzle us with their brilliance, like this one in a bright shade of orange, despite their small stature. Geums are petite perennials that love…
Abundant Harvest
Really excited about the first abundant harvest from our newly established garden. A harvest of 3 kinds of tomatoes, 4 kinds of beans, 3 Japanese cucumbers and zucchini’s galore, including a particularly long one. Great to have such organic and heritage produce. Blessings of 2017.
First Strawberries
It was so exciting and rewarding to see our first Strawberries ripen on the bush. They happen to be the first fruits in our newly created garden as well. Last weekend we had our first taste of home grown strawberries and they tasted so much better than the store bought ones. I see a few…
Taking time to – appreciate Autumn leaves
Autumn is in full swing here in Adelaide and it pays an earlier visit to the Adelaide Hills before it graces those of us in the plains with its presence. A couple of weekends ago we went to the Mount Lofty Botanical gardens that were n the full swing of Autumn. It is easy…
Green and Yellow Gingko leaves
On my way up the stairs to my office, I nearly stepped on a bright green Gingko leaf at my feet. It’s Autumn here in Adelaide and I was surprised to see such a fresh leaf fallen with the usual pigmented kind. I looked around to find a ‘normal’ Autumn leaf and found one that…
Meditation: Psalm 16:11
“You make known to me the path of life;you will fill me with joy in your presence,with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” Psalm 16:11 (NIV Version) I came across this passage in my recent reading session. The phrases ‘joy in His presence and ‘eternal pleasures at His right hand’ were ones that I wanted…
Recipe for making easy and delicious yoghurt
The Story behind our yoghurt making… Everyone who has ever tasted yoghurt or yogurt as it is sometimes spelt, can get hooked on to its many varieties. In Australia, we are blessed with an abundance of delicious thick yoghurt and we are usually spoilt for choice. We used to take it all for granted and…