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Both of our computers have been out of action for the last few weeks - and I'm still trying to get them up and running. Sigh.

We've been very busy in the garden though. I've moved the pea trellis (as they have finished) and planted some blue lake climbing beans. I'll also plant some snake beans here soon. I've planted peanuts (from an african food store so we'll see if they germinate - they're local Australian and they are very fresh, and no blemishes, so fingers crossed) at the base of them, a… Continue

I'm drinking coffee right now. I love coffee. I love going to the grinding shop and smelling the different coffees in the big round tubs. I love buying coffee in a vaccuum pack and foofing the smell onto my face through the valve on the way home.

Developing coffee berries

I try to only drink one or two cups… Continue

The shady corner of the garden beds.

Baby mizuna and pak choy.

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Family life and food gardening: sometimes they're incredibly complementary, sometimes they compete for every available scrap of your time. Recently it's mostly been the competitive scenario - hence the lack of computer activity on my part.

I haven't done much in the garden either. For example my pond is st… Continue

What a lovely day for it. I hope the promised rain materialises later on.

I took all of the fittings off my pump and put plumbing tape on them, all the leaks are gone. I only lost a bit of water because the tank is almost empty - I've been waiting. Fingers crossed for a rainstor… Continue