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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

I just googled greatest novels of all time.

Number 24: Alice's adventures in Wonderland.  For those that know me well, will know that I am somewhat obsessed with this story.  I own books of it, watch the movie often and sometimes think of six impossible things before breakfast.  Like, my kids will sleep in til 7.30am or Mary Poppins has magically re-arranged the house after the party we had last night.....  I had a Alice in Wonderland inspired 21st, and am now creating an Alice in Wonderland inspired wedding.  Stay tuned for the Alice in Wonderland inspired 30th, 50th and funeral.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Introducing...... my garden. Garden, you, you garden

Last October I joined the growing movement of Lets get growing..Tauranga's allotment style community gardens.  I rent a plot and plant and grow to my hearts content.  Since then we've had fresh everything! tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchinis, more than I would know what to do with, but the beauty of community style gardening is that you share and swap vegetables.  I have learnt to grow things I'd only tasted in restaurants, sorrell, celeriac and yellow beetroot.  My experience has even inspired me to grow most of the produce for our upcoming wedding...I'm planting potatoes, I have celeriac growing and next week I'll be putting down peas and broad beans.

It's a little worse for wear at the moment thanks to my busy life and the changing seasons but heres a pic...currently stocked with silverbeet, sorrell, romanesco brocoli, red cabbage, leeks and pak choi.

Lets get growing