15th October 2007

This has been a relatively quiet month in the garden for me thus far - I have been tending the food garden, but as things are mostly still seedlings, there is not much to do. I have planted, all I can do now is wait.

I have been feasting off new peas and new potatoes and the ever loyal leeks - the feral potatoes have been doing wonderfully and keeping me in a ready supply of meals.

Yesterday I was lucky enough to be able to join a boat which wanted to do a circumnavigation of Maria Island. it was just amazing! My ankles and wrists are stiff and sore from hanging on in the boat tossing and throwing in the Tasman sea, my hair is still stiff with salt, but, oh, the sights! I have put up a page of photographs here.

21st October 2007

Just testing something out ...

Cool! It worked! I wanted to see if I could embed Youtube videos for a project I have in mind for later, and look, I can. :) If it doesn't work so well in the latest version of Internet Explorer, well, shucks, you should be using firefox anyway. The clip above is well worth watching - a recent news report on the drought and farming crisis (and the subsequent impact on our food) here in Australia.