Posts by Carol Stewart
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Well, I'm 40-mumble and have been keen on gardening since being 30-something, I think. When I lived in Taupo we had the most amazing cherry tomatoes that grew without much care on my part, in a strip of earth about 40 cm wide between a paved driveway and a carport. Honestly, I gave away boxes of the things. I can never work out why they are so crazy expensive as they are very easy to grow and high-yielding. Outdoor basil was a goer in Taupo too.
Sadly in Wellington basil will only grow indoors here, and growing tomatoes is a triumph of hope over experience (like second marriages, they say). However, the herbs, being hardy, do fine, and so do the potatoes and leafy greens. -
I like your potato sacks very much. I grow them in tyres (here in the sub-Antarctic suburb of Brooklyn, Wellington) and they work well too - but it's kind of messy getting them out, you have to do it all at once.
I was about to suggest spinach but it looks like you have some. Rocket is good though it tends to bolt quickly. Do plant a bay tree - fresh bay leaves are much nicer than dried ones. -
“If Moby Dick had been written by a Canadian, it would have been from the whale’s point of view.”
Margaret Atwood is wayy beyond brilliant.
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And in a happy theme-merge, the mini-kilt. In the clearance bin, what's more.
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Hard News: The Engagement, in reply to Petra,
Or as the Guardian advised its readers - you might as well enjoy it, you're paying for it.
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Up Front: That's Inappropriate!, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
I don’t think your Scotsman is wearing leggings, Lucy – just rather remarkable tartan socks and pasty white Scottish skin (I can say this as I have this skin colour myself).
BTW – if you really want to go for backup overkill, may I recommend Dropbox?
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Egg cups. They are quite something.
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Failing all else, Ben, you could make it yourself.
just for the teensiest bit of perspective. I’m looking at you, Stuff.
Et tu, Guardian
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In the same vein … Glenn Gould. Well, OK, a fair bit weirder
(from 32 Short Films about Glenn Gould). -
a tiny picture of a car being hauled out of an icy river
Did you see Atom Egoyan’s film The Sweet Hereafter, Dyan? It was a real downer in a way that was just totally .. Canadian.