We gained title to the new house several weeks before the actual move, so we had been coming down and fixing the garden so it would be in order by the time we moved in.
There were two of those old laundry troughs in the backyard near the fence. They catch the full afternoon sun and they were full of old soil and weeds. I removed the old soil, put in new, added some compost and transplanted some herbs from the old backyard. Some of these herb plants are very well-travelled and have followed us all around over the years. The oregano, for example, came originally from the beach house. You just rip it out and stick it in the ground somewhere else.
I think I overplanted. It's a riot. Oregano is prolific, of course; the sage has taken off and there's more coriander and parsley than we can use. The spinach is almost ready and there's a whole sideway garden of it.
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The other night, I made an old standby dish, the kind of thing you cook when you don't want to think about it - pasta with tuna, cheese and peas.
Cooked the pasta - linguine - opened a can of tuna, grated some parmesan. Went to the freezer to get some peas (which I throw into the pasta pot just before the pasta's ready). No peas. Hmmm. I know, a can of corn.
Drained the pasta, back into the pot with the tuna, the cheese and the drained corn. And a bunch of chopped herbs, coriander and parsley.
It was quite nice. We sat outside, must have been about 8.30, 9, still warm. William asleep in his bed, Goldie snoozing in her kennel, herbs rioting silently in their trough.
There were two of those old laundry troughs in the backyard near the fence. They catch the full afternoon sun and they were full of old soil and weeds. I removed the old soil, put in new, added some compost and transplanted some herbs from the old backyard. Some of these herb plants are very well-travelled and have followed us all around over the years. The oregano, for example, came originally from the beach house. You just rip it out and stick it in the ground somewhere else.
I think I overplanted. It's a riot. Oregano is prolific, of course; the sage has taken off and there's more coriander and parsley than we can use. The spinach is almost ready and there's a whole sideway garden of it.
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The other night, I made an old standby dish, the kind of thing you cook when you don't want to think about it - pasta with tuna, cheese and peas.
Cooked the pasta - linguine - opened a can of tuna, grated some parmesan. Went to the freezer to get some peas (which I throw into the pasta pot just before the pasta's ready). No peas. Hmmm. I know, a can of corn.
Drained the pasta, back into the pot with the tuna, the cheese and the drained corn. And a bunch of chopped herbs, coriander and parsley.
It was quite nice. We sat outside, must have been about 8.30, 9, still warm. William asleep in his bed, Goldie snoozing in her kennel, herbs rioting silently in their trough.
Herbs rioting silently in their trough.
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