Picking up yet another hobby!

I was thinking recently that these blogs have been very neglected. This is in part due to our pretty busy schedule in the last few months and the growing tiredness which has crept upon us.

Next week we'll be flying down to Adelaide for a short break to visit my old home-town (first time back since I moved to Queensland!) as well as visit friends and...the Barossa Valley!

In the meantime I thought that I could update you on our newest hobby together - gardening!

Ever since moving into our new place in Kuraby we've been frequently encouraged/hassled by my in-laws to start up something in the garden. After the busy period of BLT finished we set ourselves to working the soil...and here are some of the results:

Pak Choy @ 2 weeks

Pak Choy @ 4 weeks

Rocket @ 2 weeks

Rocket @ 4 weeks

Roma Tomatoes @ 1 month

Roma Tomatoes @ 1 month and 3 weeks

As you can see, things are growing nicely! Praise God for all the rain we've had over the past few months. It's made this new venture more exciting than I originally anticipated!

We also have two types of basil growing nicely (English Basil and Thai Basil) as well as Vietnamese Coriander/Mint, Chives, Spring Onion, Cherry Tomatoes and Mint. We planted some Coriander seeds earlier this week but they have yet to sprout.

We've had one nice harvest of Basil so far which I turned into two types of pesto - Basil Pesto and a Sundried Tomato Pesto (with store bought sundried tomatoes). Recipes will be up shortly on my 'Wine, Food, Photos' blog! We also had a great first harvest of Rocket which intensely flavoursome. My mouth waters at the thought of our second harvest!

Oh, and one thing I noticed also - all sprouts look the same no matter what you've planted. They all come up with two rounded leaves and then spring into action afterwards. There's got to be a sermon illustration in that somewhere...