Geranium and ferns
All posts by Carol McKay
Bug control patrol
Mike Atkinson Bird Photography
Attempt at gluten free sour dough bread
The concoction:
13 INGREDIENTS BREAD MIX
Dry ingredients mixed together first:
- 1 cup buckwheat flour
- 1 cup urad bean flour
- 1 cup maize flour
- 1/2 cup tapioca starch
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 Tablespoon linseeds
- 1 Tablespoon sunflower seeds
- 1 Tablespoon pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
- 1 small potato, grated
- 1 tsp (rounded) rosemary
Then add the wet ingredients:
- 1/2 cup apple juice
- 2 cups water
- 1 dribble kefir
Mix well and place in a covered loaf pan to rise.
Note: Sour dough took about 30 hours to rise, the weather has been in the low to mid 20s.
Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celcius.
Bake for 40 minutes.
Verdict: Excellent
Ginger Plant and Crepe Myrtle
Succulents out front, Moth out back
This one sat still for long enough to have it’s photo taken, the black and white one wouldn’t.
Heklet DROPS sjal med striper i ”Vienna”. ~ DROPS Design
blue doily and pot holders
Snippets from the garden
This is the tree at the edge of the front yard that threatens our tiled roof in stormy weather, and that the council won’t let us get removed because it’s the type of tree (old and weathered) that the parrots can breed in, ok, fine, I just hope the Indian Mynah birds don’t kick them out every year, as it is way too disheartening to see those pretty pale blue Eastern Rosella eggs on the ground.
On a plus side, it does provide welcome shade from the afternoon sun in Summer.
Some pictures from the back yard:
Do you get the impression Ross likes chilies?
See that white spot?
Op Shop Plant Pots
I don’t need my indoor plant pots to be leaky, thank you very much, so as alternatives:
Two casserole dishes, a canister and a kitchen utensils holder (this is a much nicer yellow than it looks in the photo):
Plus two coffee canisters and a honey pot, like that was a useful honey pot the way it didn’t seal to keep the ants out! Not that I thought it would be useful when I bought it at a pottery in Victoria all those years ago, but I just HAD to have it because it was so pretty!
Yes, that’s the kitchen sink in the foreground.
Now what to do with the disused lids?
Also, a $1:00 light weight plastic pretty watering jug:
