Home gardening 101…
by girlinafoodfrenzy
Zucchini rampage, I can’t believe how incredibly dark & sultry these are…
I’m home!!! It’s such a delight to come home and visit my folks. There’s a real peace from visiting my hometown which is set on the edge of vineyards, permaculture, cheese farms and honey hives. Truly, it’s a fairly modern town called Launceston, (Tasmania) with a population of 105,000 or so but you can still go fishing, eat strawberries plucked straight from a farm, see a chocolate/truffle factory, all 20 mins drive from the main heart of the city.
I’m here to enjoy some sights, sounds and dinners with pals. I’m especially going to potter about in the sunshine in my folk’s garden and forage about till my hearts content…
Time for some home gardening 101…go totally organic of course! Rejoice in the imperfections and relish in the variety of colours which come from mutiple varieties, here’s a few which (my folks) prepared earlier!
Little Baby Bok Choy, there’s a very hungry caterpillar me thinks!
Tommy’s my fave!!! Wish these little green ones would hurry up already!
Last blooms of the summer mint…
Yes! It’s a yellow cucumber and apparently these are an Asian specialty! So don’t be surprised if you’re ever come across one in the salade…
Last and not the least it’s the very last of the snow apples! There are a few of these branches dotted about in the main yard, the driveway, (you get the picture) but only a handful of snow apples for me…
Singular imperfect but still darn tasty
Tasty Trio
The one who didn’t make it…poor little apple…may he grow back as a tall tree one day…
Apologies as there was no time to cook today! I will get back to you all, with some tasty dishes from my families restaurant, some bread I’ve currently got on the go and lots, lots more!
Ugh, I’m so indescribably jealous. Cheese farms? Fresh honey? Zucchini rampages? Girl, you are living the dream!
Did your folks have any problems going organic? What do they use as pest control?
Can they come feed me?!
Well it’s only a small garden and we were so lucky to move in with three established apple trees (about 15) years ago. Along the way they’ve lost a Fuji apple tree and the Lemon tree too. In regards to pests they don’t really do anything. I think their two jack Russell terriers might have something to do with pest control though. No lizard or bug goes unwatched aside from that sneaky caterpillar with a taste for Bok Choy…
Can’t wait to have my own garden!
Ahh, but you have Buzz box so I’m equally jealous! Lol, plus my folks are about 2 & 1/2 hrs flight from me so it’s a long way to go just for free vege!!! Ha ha
Haha.. well I fly to the Balkans for 2 hours, actually usually drive (be driven & entertain my driver that is) for 12 hours a few times a year to visit “my” gardens in Slovenia & Croatia…
Now ht is true dedication and I’ll bet you’re so happy each time you see how far along your garden is blooming
True
Also felt very ashamed to forgot tulips from Amsterdam when I left for the roadtrip..
How wonderful!
It’s always nice to go home! I promised I’d cook dinner for my folks tonight so they can enjoy the food I’ve been creating. The sugar cookies went down a treat too!
What a sweet daughter you are! (A sweet daughter making sweet food
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Oh well, dad cooks for at the restaurants on most nights so I figure he wants someone else’s food from time to time!
Still, it’s very thoughtful of you.
I cannot wait to garden! those apples are really gorgeous! The zucchini are so dark I thought they were eggplant! we havent even planted yet here -Im excited!
My folks would have planted these at the end of spring here (so that’s November) Mum & I only harvested these yesterday so it took about 5 months. I was reallys truck by the colours of the veg as everything looked so different to how I’d normally see them in the supermarket! Just really vivid and unusual colourings for sure…
AWESOME post, love home grown vegies!!
And I love that we’re all eating our veggies too, lol
nothing is better than a home grown tomato! They should seriously be considered as world currency, they are that good!!!
Your hometown sounds lovely! I want to visit…cheese farms and fresh strawberries
Am partaking in some fresh farm strawberries right now for breakkie!
jealous!
I’d swap you for a micro brewed beer anytime!
Back to nature, looks quite wonderful! Just starting seeds here. So relaxing to garden or just take in the beauty of our efforts of working the land and claiming our bounty!
There’s something really calming out playing Ina real garden! I have balcony pot plants back home and (my guy) tends to do most of the garden work and as a result we have a variety of herbs, tomatoes and strawberries which I love! I don’t know if anything trumps having apples trees in the driveway though
Look forward to seeing pics of your home gardening efforts too
Looks beautiful!!! Launceston is a place I’ve always wanted to visit (family links). Enjoy your time at home with your family and all that lovely organic produce!
I’m doing a Roast so quite a few of those lovelies will be utilized tonight! Lau ceston is a gorgeous temperate climate, similar to NZ I think so you’d definitely feel at home!
No apologies for not cooking… i LOVE the gardening photos!!!!!!! As it’s late fall for you it is early Springtime for us, and I just about can’t stand it! My apple trees have their first buds, balloon flowers are just poking their little leaves out of the dirt, blue jade corns are about 10cm tall… and you somehow make me not even resent the very hungry caterpillar
Have fun being ‘home’ !!
One of my favorite posts of yours so far, and that’s saying a lot
Oh wow! That’s really awesome Deb, (I didn’t know) you have apple trees too? It’s really lovely and I’m enjoying it a lot! Will be posting later on re my folks restaurant so hopefully you’ll enjoy looking at the east meets west view to my cooking!
Love the gardening photos! I’m “home” too with my parents in Massachusetts. It’s always such a treat. Have so much fun and enjoy every minute of it!
Thank you! How funny that everyone’s off doing a bit of sightseeing too at the moment. It must be great to get back to your folks and the US I’m sure you have many favourite food haunts you look forward to visiting too