Our garden is having a productive season this year, though the 'cool' summer has meant a late sort of tomato crop. I hope I get enough tomatoes to make some sauce and bottle it.
We have a big old nectarine tree in your back yard. It bears a lot of fruit but was badly affected by fruit fly last year so we didn't get to eat much off it :-(
This year however it has a good crop and there are not many fruit flies around so I decided to do some bottling of the fruit. I bought bottling jars and did the whole thing 'properly' and was mightily pleased with myself until it came to trying the preserved fruit. It tasted like crap unfortunately. Very bland and a mushy texture. I suggested to Danz that we cut down the tree and replace with a peach! He wasn't impressed.
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| Promising looking preserving! Oh, and I made lamingtons on Australia Day :-) |
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This is wonderful Julie! I see Zucchini? And figs? Lamingtons are completely new to me but I love the way they look :)
ReplyDeleteHi Nicole, lovely to hear from you :-) That is indeed a zucchini and figs. A revelation to me this year has been home grown onions, they are so crisp and light flavoured, just yummy. Lamingtons are delicious, I might publish the recipe. Cheers :-)
DeleteWhat a lovely post Julie. Congratulations on cultivating all that wonderful produce. Makes me look forward to spring here in England. It's very cold and wet here at the moment and my garden is looking very empty, so your post is like a breath of fresh air. Funny thing, today I was watching the telly and someone mentioned Lamingtons. My other half who spent a year travelling around Aus told me what they were and now, looking on your blog, there they are again. Weird - twice on the same day - funny how that happens sometimes.:-)
ReplyDeleteHi Denise! Thank you for your comment. Not long until spring for you fortunately. Do you grow veges too? I am mad about fruit, veges and flowers in the garden and my husband is great with the heavy work so between us we manage a quite productive garden on a s suburban block. Lamingtons are yummy, I might post the recipe :-)
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