Some may have doubted my ability to grow cucumbers in a small pot, but I have proof it is possible. Granted, they are very small cucumbers, and they show no sign of increasing in size, but they are definitely cucumbers:
Yeah, I’ll never be a gardener, will I?
As predicted, the kids stayed up until the very early hours playing computer games – they tell me it was “only” until 1 am, but I woke up a couple of times in the night and could still hear them, so I suspect it was actually much later. Which meant they didn’t get up until…
It’s been all change here over the last few weeks, with Nephew #1 and NOL moving up to Christchurch and into my backyard. There’s been a lot of coming and going of both sets of parents to get them settled in, and to do some much-needed work to clear trees and make the back of…
ytteltonwitch having acquired a new car, she suggested an expedition today to introduce it to such wonders as hills and unsealed roads (its previous owner had only ever driven it around town on the flat, so the poor wee thing isn’t going to know what’s hit it, with the places Lytteltonwitch is likely to take…
Winter has definitely arrived. There was even a dusting of snow on the ground this morning (impressive, considering it rained most of the night, so the ground was pretty wet). So far it hasn’t managed to get above 3o today, with a messy mix of rain, hail, and sleet (and occasional bursts of either real…
uarter to seven, and I’m still at work. Don’t worry, I’m not actually working though – I’m not high enough up the food chain to be willing to do unpaid overtime! I was putting the final touches on my presentation on Bislama that we’re giving to the local Vanuatu community on Sunday, then I remembered…
ell, that’s a first for me – I was contacted by a PR person offering me a free ticket to the upcoming Christchurch Food Show – presumably they’re hoping that I will encourage my millions* of readers to attend the show too, and it’ll get all viral and social media-y and other buzzwords. I’m also…
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Well done on the growth of your cucumber. Young Cucumber is certainly a fighter, and will be most comfortable in a mini salad,
It’s going to be one of those mini salads that they serve at posh cocktail parties on spoons, isn’t it? So mini that the entire salad is about half a mouthful…