Miracles of all miracles, it has rained...and rained...and rained (till the ceiling hung with vines and the walls became the world all around)....
Garlic: I was late putting in the garlic this year, usually we plant on the shortest day and harvest on the longest day, or as close to them as possible. This year I was about 3 weeks late, but the harvest is still good. I only planted about a third of the amount, for we had so much garlic I gave bunches and bunches away. This year, there is only enough for us, about 60 heads.
Onions: I tried to plant a whole bed full this year, but ran out of seed only a few rows in. The seed packets just don't have as many seeds in as I am sure they used to (in the good, ole days). I never got around to putting in any more. But the quality of these, though their number is not great, is fabulous. Great round, well formed onions, some about the size of a coffee mug!
Raspberries: This is the 3rd pick, and there is probably only one left. This would be the smallest weight for a pick so far, the best being 2.5kg
Camomile: my hankering after a Camomile lawn is well known in our family. Finallly, I almost have one. Pix of that to come later. For the moment I have harvest and dried some flowers. Unfortunately, I tried Camomile tea - BLERK - where have I gone wrong? a great camomile smell, but a bitter aftertaste! not even the addition of honey made that any better. Still, nice for rinsing hair, and for putting in the bath.
Mushrooms: Unexpectedly, we have mushrooms in our paddocks. The rain has brought them out early, usually I would start looking about the middle of March!
We have filled our rain tanks with water, and our paddocks have greened up, what a great summer!
Garlic: I was late putting in the garlic this year, usually we plant on the shortest day and harvest on the longest day, or as close to them as possible. This year I was about 3 weeks late, but the harvest is still good. I only planted about a third of the amount, for we had so much garlic I gave bunches and bunches away. This year, there is only enough for us, about 60 heads.
Raspberries: This is the 3rd pick, and there is probably only one left. This would be the smallest weight for a pick so far, the best being 2.5kg
great garlic and onions. Chamomile tea is not normally just flowers. Lots of greenery and a few flowers.
ReplyDeleteHi Karen, about the Camomile, I did read a lot of blogs and posts about camomile tea, and apparently the leaves are very bitter and not used for tea at all, and it is recommended that you even snip the stem off each flower to avoid that. I did painstakingly snip all greenery off. But apparently steeping the flowers too long in the hot water can lead to bitterness, and so can using the wrong variety of camomile. Not sure where I went wrong ( I do see from the Internet I'm not the only person having a bitterness problem) but the cold tea is nice to rinse my hair with after washing! I might try making tea from fresh, not dried flowers and see if that makes a difference.
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