Day in the garden

Dylan took this picture today and I thought it deserved a place on the blog! You can see the prepared beds on the left of the shot and the coriander and blueberry on the right.

G is now working on the edging for the beds, while I get as many things in that I still can for the season.
Coming together, if not slowly..then surely! :-) We seem to have so many projects on the go at once!

I got a few jobs done today at last. Mucked out the chickens and put this on the compost piles. Re dug and replenished the compost piles.

We also caught yet another possum last night. Lots around at the moment and they are doing a lot of damage to our fruit trees :-(

Bromeliad flowers

This is the flower on my 'Matchstick' bromeliad - Aechmea Gamosepala. It is one of the plants we brought here from our garden in Auckland and has never flowered until now so it's quite exciting!

A small collection of my jade plants and the nerine still in flower also.

The pond is now full again after all the rain we've been having.

Cranberry slice

Here is a really simple recipe (from Australian Women's Weekly) for a sweet treat. In a food processor blend 300g butter, 220g caster sugar and 375g plain flour until mixture just comes together. Add 125g dried cranberries, mix. Press into a greased tin approx 26 x 32cm. Brush surface with beaten egg white and sprinkle with about 2 Tbsp caster sugar. Bake at 150deg C (130 for fan oven) for about 40 mins or until golden and crisp. Cut into pieces and cool in tin.