The Mad Gnomes Strike Again!

The first gladiola is out today. It looks a bit yellow in the pic but is actually green. It is now in a vase in the living room.

It's hot and we are eating mostly salad. Tonight's salad was Salad Nicoise. One of my favourites. Most of the ingredients came from ...

While we are on the subject of the old wood shed. I stacked the individual sheets along the fence for later use. One suggestion was to build...

What do you do with an old rainwater tank? Use it as a wood tank. Remember the big pile of wood along the fence line when we dismantled the...

You may have gathered by now that I really, really like Hollyhocks. Especially these ones. They are double hollyhocks. Might have to see whe...

There is nothing much going on here at the moment. Early morning watering of vegetables and fruit trees. Good exercise with a watering can i...

A generous fellow gardener shared his surplus of turmeric with us a while ago. I froze quite a bit, planted some in pots earlier on and left...

Socks! Just in case it gets cold this winter. The coolest sheep in the Hills! Charlie showing off his socks:

Everything was in place yesterday. The dolomite had been delivered. The earth-ring was positioned in the excavated spot. Time to do some sho...

Finally! The rain clouds found our place and provided us with gentle but steady rain through most of the day. What a wonderful treat! A few ...

...and a Happy New Year! May it bring you joy, love, laughter, health, friendship and all the good things in life. Mama Gnome has been busy ...

...is apricot jam. Therefore I just couldn't resist when I saw a box of apricots for 12 dollars at the fruit & veg shop yesterday. I...

This is the first year our loquat tree is bearing fruit. They look great! Not sure when to pick them? I guess with the extreme heat they...

....heavily guarded! The variety's name: Polar Baby. The rest of the fruit on this plant is bigger but still green. I have seen some two...

This is the outcome of a busy but extremely productive and rewarding morning. Bottled another 8 jars of cherries (did a batch of 8 yesterday...