The Garden.

The veggie patch has served us well this summer, although the tomato plants are just about dead.  With the long run of hot weather we've recently had in Melbourne I'm surprised they held out as long as they have.  The leaves are now fried and the tomatoes are pretty much done. Still, it seems as though we harvested more tomatoes than many of our friends.

The pumpkins, zucchinis and eggplant are running amok and our fridge is filled.

And so in a month or two we'll try planting some winter veggies for the first time. If the weather stays cool enough, that is.

I'm Gonna Be Round My Vegetables...

So here we are at the pointy end of the year. Classes are disappearing faster than food in the canteen, the weather is getting warmer and there's more and more work to do in the next month.

Work is still busy, despite the diminishing classes, and with my in-laws arriving from overseas in a few weeks, there's a lot of work that needs to be done at home also. I've been busy (between writing, of course) building and preparing garden beds. My wife is currently out planting vegies and with any luck we'll be munching on them in a month or so. Two years ago we did very well over the summer. Last year, apart from the chilis, the vegetables didn't do all that well. It's a good thing I make a mean chili sauce.

But this year has had quite a bit of rain along with the warmth, and so I'm expecting tomatoes the size of bowling balls. And juicy as can be.

All I have to do now is find a story in there. (But different to Tim Powers' tomato story)