Scallops!

G went out on the boat yesterday and came back with these:

We had them simply sauteed in a little butter as a starter for our meal last night, yum!

Meat in the freezer!

We picked up the remainder of the pork from the butcher, all the bacon and hams. So far we have tried the pork chops and pork fingers (belly strips) which were very nice. Looking forward to the smokey bacon! I will be cooking up one of the hams (and glazing it, something I haven't tried before) any day now.

We also collected our beef (1/2 beast as 'payment' for having the heifers graze our land), so the freezer is pretty full now! So we have lots of lovely steak, mince, stewing meat and roasts to see us through for a few months.

Some veg and flower pics

Nasturtium

'Wando' pea

Bean 'Shining Fardenosa', capsicums in background

Swan plant to attract the Monarch butterflies

Thyme in full flower

Potato patch looking good

Flowering coriander

Nectarine 'Early Red'

Peach 'Black Boy'

Beautiful bearded iris - not sure of variety - was a gift from mother-in-law.

And this one is for Harvey who left a comment asking how my Tsasoniki eggplants were doing.. Well they are taking their time to get growing, maybe too dry despite my efforts to water them! -

Eggplant 'Tsasoniki'