January floods

Have finally gathered some photos of the 2011 flooding. Will let the pictures tell the story. Starting with a little dog who has had to get used to full dams and the curiosity of running water on the property.

kim chi convert

Prompted by an excess of cabbages, and following Claudia's great example, have been exploring homemade kim chi. Now onto my second batch, with the first batch pictured here. Googling has thrown up lots of recipes, suggestions, and tips, and the confidence to mix and match ingredients, which apparently is 'traditional'. Also threw up a scientific article declaring kim chi one of the world's five healthiest foods.

nature[strip]'s bounty!

From the nature strip - cherry plums. No idea how old these two trees, one of them now died back completely, but Katie tells me they'll have been the root stock of garden plums. Though there's no guarantee they give good fruit, we've been lucky.