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Evening In The Garden

I have been meaning to get out after dinner and take some photos of the garden for quite a while. Unfortunately, the kids seem to think it is their responsibility to get out of bed every three minutes with an excuse (or good reason – if you take their point of view!) as to why they need to be up. So instead of getting some photos, I have been barking ‘go back to bed’ for  the last week. Last night I decided to just go out and get some photos anyway.  When I got back all three of the kids were up with ‘valid reasons’ why they should not be in bed…. but I did get some photos!
 

We are totally inundated with tomatoes at the moment. Country Boy has been making pasata (Italian tomato sauce), and we are eating tomato salad every day. Fortunately Meg loves tomatoes!

Last year, we didn’t have quite enough cucumbers, so this year Country Boy planted more. Unfortunately he doesn’t really do moderation, so we are getting about 20 cucumbers every other day. He has made a whole lot of pickled cucumbers which are delicious. I have been meaning to take photos, and publish the recipe!

We have lots of zucchinis (though, thankfully, not as many as last year) and eggplants, which are delicious just sliced and cooked on the BBQ. 

There is plenty of corn and beans coming on, as well as some watermelons, carrots, beetroot, and potatoes. 

This is the most productive time of the year for the garden. We are busy trying to store what ever we can’t eat, ready for winter.

Don’t you just love the light in the late evening at this time of year??

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  1. Deb says

    February 19, 2013 at 10:22 pm

    Lovely to see some pics!

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  2. Alicia says

    February 18, 2013 at 9:36 am

    I love the evening light, the colours in the garden seem so more vivid then. You have a fantastic crop, well done. I wish I had a knack and room for vegie growing, although my mum has and she supplies us with plenty.

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  3. Jodie Sinclair says

    February 18, 2013 at 9:05 am

    I love the light, the abundance and the whole scene. Beautiful photo's. Can you send some cucumbers over West? The heat got mine.

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