Bandicooting potatoes

I have been bandicooting potatoes. This is a variety of 6 different varieties that will make for a very yummy potato salad. I am especially looking forward to the very dark ones, which are purple right through!

My garden floweth over

My garden is taking control of itself at the moment. With little time to spare for the luxury of pottering around of late, some plants have taken it upon themselves to self seed and spread.

Borage, tomatoes, calendula, parsley, lettuce, chives, pumpkins... All good things which I am happy to have more of. But with the self seeding is also the interesting places that they have come up in.

Don't get me wrong, I love a flowing garden, but my yard is supposed to have a bit if order and structure. I have a plan, and tomatoes in the scoria was not part of the plan!

The patch, on the other hand, is a lot more free flowing. I am encouraging self seeding there... It's less predictable in terms of germination rates, and subject to loss through accidental weeding, but so much easier with a very relaxed feel about it.

So, now I have completed my Masters degree, and finished teaching at the Uni and at school (well, almost) for the year, I have more time to collect seeds and plant them where I want them.