It’s been a quiet few days at Norwich House
Pip went through a ‘hide and seek’ phase… he is not very skilled at the game but we had fun anyway.
I picked up a bag of tulip bulbs at a market recently! I had chosen a place to put them (in the old zucchini patch) and went outside today to tackle the cleanup
I didn’t really last that long out there!! Pretty sad huh? The wind was awful and the sticky mud was annoying me! My boots became about a kilo heavier and none of the weeds would shake off my gloves!!
And there is that one tomato plant right there that I don’t know whether to pull up or not. We are probably five seconds from frosty weather but while there is fruit there is hope and I hate pulling them out early!
So I decided to decide another day!! haha
The tulip bulbs will have to wait a little longer.
Lots of baby fennel has started to appear everywhere!! I’d like to transplant it – no idea if it likes being moved but I will have to try. Thought I would put it along the fence where the sunflowers were (that Little Moo ate) so if another cow arrives and eats the fennel it won’t matter all that much.
No, thats not vomit with a parsley garnish.
Thats garlic salt in the making!!
I got some pink rock salt and whizzed it all up with some garlic (1/3 garlic to 2/3 salt)
I had it in the dehydrator for about 9 hours… I had to break it up and put it back through the ‘Gee Whizzer’ and finish it off a bit more in the dehydrator. I have more to do, but I crushed what I had ready more finely in a mortar this evening and I think I am happy so far. Have to test it on some baking potatoes to really see if I did it right!!
Oh – and I put seed garlic up for sale on a local facebook noticeboard and got a bit swamped with orders!! So I’ve been busy putting packs together and organising that! But Yay!! Should come home with a few $$ in my pocket tomorrow!
We had a couple of funny visitors the other night.
A set of rather dodgy possum photos and a really grotty window… but they are cute!! I don’t know what it was up to!
Pip was fascinated!! He tried to pat the possums face through the window!
(You can just see the paw up there!!)
Then the look on the possums face asking what on earth that was!
Then there was some mutual staring…
Another possum came on the scene – after first inspecting my pumpkins then they both ran off and had a nice loud squabble!!
If you haven’t heard Australian possums – well… they sound like little banshees or something 50 times larger and more frightening than they actually are!! 😀
Anyway – I best be off to bed as I have garlic-delivery duties tomorrow morning!!
Hope your week has started well!
Cheers!
Hi Lisa,
I always enjoy reading your blog.
Your possums are adorable. I thought you might be interested in this blog which shows the difference between Australian possums and the US opossum. https://www.bobinoz.com/blog/4013/possums-and-opossums-australia-and-america-all-explained/
Our US opossum is very scary. A baby got caught in our house once and I finally got it to cling to a broom handle to move it to the outside. It was hissing and showing its teeth all the way around the house. I do like them. Just outside.
Carla
Hi Carla!! Thanks for the link! I do think your opossum are funny feisty little creatures! But I agree with you not really wanting them in the house! I could just imagine the mayhem if one of ours decided to stroll in!! Would have loved to have seen you with a broom and a opossum attached!! 😀
Have you ever had fried green tomatoes or green tomato relish? That’s what I do here in the southern US when a freeze is on the way. You can also wrap them individually in newspaper & let them ripen off the vine. I do that with larger, nice tomatoes with no blemishes. Keep them in a cool dry place, store them in a single layer & check them about once a week for ripening.
Hi Jenny!! Thanks for all the tips on ripening the late tomatoes. I keep finding mine going ‘funny’ much more quickly now 🙁 I only really have the cherry tomatoes left though. I haven’t ever tried the fried green tomatoes. I really should one day!! It would be a sensible way to use up some of those green tomatoes 🙂
I suppose with the change of weather we will be moving away from salads more and go back to the hearty stews!! I have enjoyed it though!!
Your possums sound like raccoons here in the United States. When they get squabbling outside they can wake you from a dead sleep! They sound like a woman screaming. Very disconcerting!
Wow – that would be a terrible thing to wake up to!! Its amazing how some creatures can make such unexpected scary noises!! Even our cute koalas sound terrible haha