SpringPeaches: October 2012

Sunday 28 October 2012

Springtime gardening!!

Replanting time of the year!

Beautiful sunny day today! On the way back home, we swung by Ceres Environment Park in Brunswick East for some seedlings. Good variety there! Pretty busy this spring Sunday - lots of families walking around the nursery with baskets and seedlings too! The chickens and chicks (full of feathers!) were adorable!! ~ digging the soil for some sand with their feathery feet...

Our seedlings!

What we picked up:

Vegetables:

- Spinach

- Kale

- Cucumber

- Lettuce ~ Cos Lettuce Freckles and French

- Eggplant Rosa Bianca

- Artichoke

- Red chilli

- Bush Bean Burgundy

Fruits:

- Tomatoes of various varieties - Yellow Bush Taxi, Black Russian and Tatura Dwarf.

- Watermelon

Herbs:

- Greek basil

- Oregano

- Comfrey (helps with bruises from training ;)...)

Basking in the sun before being replanted! =)

We first watered the garden beds - we've removed the plants from the last planting season. Soil was pretty dry and hard. After some quick checks, we found out that most of our seedlings are sun-happy! Only a few preferred the shade. Our sun beds are exposed to the sun for quite awhile during the day.

mushy soil ...

oregano =)

The first to go in ~ Oregano into our herb 'platter' (the bed looks like a giant plate)!

..the chilli plant! Can't wait for baby chillies - hopefully they're as spicy as chilli padi. Am planning to make chilli oil and put it onto our pizzas. mmmm =)

Hello mr cucumber baby...

spinach in its new home!

A bed of lettuce ... so delicate and simply gorgeous!

Eggplant after a bit of a water ...

Still great weather after the planting - cleaned up, watered them a little more! Am excited to tend to them and watch all of them grow into big, strong plants!

Tomatoes!

Lucky the sun stayed for the rest of the afternoon! Got a chance to lie under the sun for some Vitamin D.

Also ... My adzuki beans are soaking ~ will be planting them when they germinate =).

A wonderful day...

When fear governs over love ...

When a white army battles Indians and wins, it is called a great victory, but if they lose it is called a massacre. Chiksika, Shawnee

Some short documentaries I came across on the mass killing of the beautiful Native American people. Though long ago in history now, the atrocities of man still continue today. Killing, war, fear-mongering, discrimination, egocentric lifestyles, and the list goes on...

It's a tragedy knowing that these great people, with insight and wisdom into the ways of Mother Nature, were murdered and reduced for being in-tune with the universe. I wonder how we've been so successfully frightened and leashed onto this railway track of homogeneity and docile servitude. Craziness.

Perhaps, now in times of uncertainty and conflict such old wisdom of being one with all will rise again to guide us.

Wednesday 24 October 2012

Springtime =)

The earth has awaken here in Melbourne,

It's springtime!

Leaves are a baby green, soft and delicate...

The flowers have bloomed and are singing - like a soprano choir, they're hard to miss!

But some are shy,

They hide in the foliage, they hide close to the grounds...

As the wind blows,

Petals glisten with colours unimaginably vibrant...

It's so beautiful to watch the earth glow...

Click the picture for a slideshow of all =)

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Randoms with you .. =)

Pictures from the old days and new - from when we were non-vegetarians and sweet crazy ;), to yearning a clean satisfaction ...

bircher at New Day Rising

Spanish eggs at New Day Rising

The old ... A chilly autumn morning was the first time we went to Miss Marmalade, Brunswick. Think we spent too much time P.D.A - ing ... I remember admiring all the flowers while shivering in a brown coat. The cafe became quite a routine place for our long breakfasts, until we changed our tastes in food.

The old days of sweetness madness - at Miss Marmalade

Chocolate - we love chocolate!

The new-ish : Wide Open Road - for good coffee and vegetarian meals. Their menu has been always changing so far, so look out for more/less of yummy green & clean. The cafe is well-maintained and very well thought out.

adrenaline rush at Wide Open Road...

at Monsieur Truffe when we feel a little chocolate deprived!

The old & new!

A Minor Place is a great one for a hearty vegetarian meal - keeps us satisfied for the rest of the day. Coffee is great (roasted at Wide Open Road) and the staff are friendly. Sitting is comfy and even though it gets packed quite often, it still retains the sense of calm and privacy at your table =). I love the white beans they prepare there!