The Tangle - Photogallery

[Farseer]

And even the potatoes - which I thought would be easy - got dug up and EATEN! I knew I had to protect most things from possums etc but I had been led to believe potatoes were safe. Wrong! What I REALLY need is better fence building skills....

I sympathize, Nuytsia! I had a hard time keeping rabbits out for YEARS but have finally out-smarted them!!! *crosses fingers*

Nice taters, too - we planted some last year for the first time, and they were really fun to harvest at the end of the season. (Like buried treasure.)

I agree, Lord Punctual!! It's always heaps of fun bandicooting!! **'Bandicooting' is a term that comes from the word 'bandicoot' which is an Australian marsupial that digs http://www.aussie-info.com/identity/fauna/bandicoot.php. The act of 'bandicooting' is where you carefully dig around a potato plant, just under the surface, so you don't disturb the plant or the rest of the potatoes.**

You might find it interesting that in our backwards Canadian vocabulary, we call capsicums "green peppers."

Actually, I think most people living outside of Australia would call capsicums 'bell peppers' or 'sweet peppers'? Correct me if I'm wrong! We call a capsicum a 'capsicum' and a pepper a 'chilli' (as in the hot things that have you running for a glass of milk!) .

I don't normally go about taking pic of my vegies, by the way! I'd had a whole garden with lots of produce growing last summer (also corn, carrots, beans, beetroot, onions, lettuce etc) and most of it DIED while I was away and my husband was placed in the vegie garden-caretaker role. All that survived is what you see above, in the photos. I took them when next I had to go away, so I had some real proof of how it looked in case he killed again!!!

Many years ago I had to take my kids into their school for a week and so my vegie garden was placed in my husband's care, along with the guinea pigs and other pets. When I came home and found everything in the vegie garden AND the guinea pigs dead, I did the wifely thing and just started into him . When I finally finished my tirade, he simply shrugged and said,"I'm sorry, but I didn't go out that door."