garden update - beautiful day in Hobart

 It's a beautiful week in Hobart, sunshine the past 2 days! Our basil plant is looking happy. It has tiny white specks on it that looked like desicated coconut. I sprayed most of them off with a burst of water but there're still a few pesky bits left. wonder if it's some kind of bug?

 I initially feared that the cherry tomatoes wouldn't ripen but they are ripening now. what a beautiful sight! I was overjoyed when I saw these beauties.

 This one's growing out of a pot on my balcony.

Some of our "bounty". Funny how they seem so much more beautiful and taste so much sweeter when they're home grown! I'm so proud of them.

new career

I haven't been writing here much because i've just started my new job as a community nurse. It's been tiring having to learn so much new stuff everyday but rewarding as well. Everyday I go visit patients in their homes to change their wound dressings. Wounds aren't pretty to look at, but most of the patients are lovely to talk to, and today one of them even gave me a bag of gorgeous ripe cherry tomatoes from her garden! And told me to use my green tomatoes in green tomato pickle. I just might do that....

Above is a picture from a recent trip to the Tasmanian East Coast.