Potatoes

Decided to finally dig up the last of the potatoes tonight. Wasn't expecting this many!!!

The varieties are Cliff's Kidney, Jersey Benne, Purple Passion, Desiree and some special Maori varieties: Tutaikuri and Karuparera. My favourite are the Karuparera.

Me and my 2-pronged fork did a really good job!

Most interesting potato dug up was this one:

Use your imagination!

Potatoes

Homegrown

My garden is abundant with things to eat at the moment.

Every evening I go down to the garden to collect something for dinner.

I feel just like Annabel Langbein the organic cook (minus the fake ponsonby accent and designer gumboots).

The gherkins have grown incredibly well. I am up to my 4th batch of preserving and I have given some to the neighbours and to a work colleague so that they can pickle their own. The telegraph cucumber is trying to compete!

I am growing beans for the first time and they have climbed right to the top of my bamboo teepee.

The salad ingredients are prolific and my beetroot are growing magnificently.

I have 6 different types of potatoes growing. They all taste so good boiled with a little bit of butter and salt.

The tomatoes have grown better outside this year than in the conservatory yet the chili plants are lapping up the heat.

Gardening and growing from seed is so rewarding.
 
I have plenty to eat and plenty to give away and that's how it should be.

Homegrown

Meat and 3 Vege

There is a new gourmet butcher in Wadestown that opened just before Christmas. They only sell free-range and organic meat.

One of the best things about the place is that the butcher wears a traditional blue and white apron with a straw boater hat. They also use paper bags which is awesome. It feels really good to support local business but also to eat organic meat.

Tonight we are having sirloin steak with mushrooms, beans and new potatoes another A.L recipe. The potatoes I just dug up about half an hour ago. I have 6 different varieties growing and I can't quite remember in which order I planted them. They taste delicious either way.

Oh and I can't not mention the wine that accompanies the dish. It is from South Australia and is a Shiraz. Quarisa, 30 Mile. Had lots of gold, silver and bronze stickers on it and its rather tasty.

Meat and 3 Vege