On Friday nights our treat is smoked salmon on pumpernickel spread with cream cheese w/ washed salted capers and quarters of lemon flesh. And finally topped with fronds of dill. Oh, and champagne.

But alas this dill is driving me, well, mad. I know it doesn't like wet feet and I've tried to ensure that, but any other ideas for growing this herb are welcome.

Second year, in a pot, bit of soluable fert'. And wilting yellow fronds. Life expectancy is about two months in my patch.

Xmas Wishes, Grub :)

Or grow perennial Bronze Fennel. I know, slightly different from Dill but even easier to grow. Goes totally berserk with some neglect. :)

The thought of the warm potato salad got me.

They should make a kick a$$ warm potato salad eh.

Trying to grow some in a largish pot.

The Nicola sound great. Haven't had them for yonks. Now I'm thinking spuds... a great big long-cooked jacket spud with sour cream and chives. You have chives, haven't you? Even I can grow them. I think it was Ray who pointed me in the direction of a bit of lime to help your onion things.

A decent onion crop of rare and beautiful species, seeds acquired via this kind site, will follow my tomatoes. Which are being rained on today. A sure trigger for grubs in days to come.

Did a free range chook in the new barbie the other night and it was a winner. Rubbed it inside and out with fresh ground pepper and salt, and left it covered in the fridge for half a day.
Come time to cook I did a naked chef thing of par boiling the spuds, to be roasted, and cut up to golf ball size with a whole lemon. When done, pull out the lemon and peirce a few holes in it and shove it in the chook. Olive oil all over the bird then into the barbie.
Chook came out very juicy and lemony and the spuds were crisp and yummy. A winner with all here.
This new 6 burner barbie rocks, but I need a lot more practice with it before the xmas turkey goes in it.

This one has one of those deep roasting dishes and I am thinking that this could be used as a smoker. Wood chips in the dish, and one burner on low under it for smoke. Then another burner on high for the heat. Gonna give it a go and see what happens.

The Isabrowns are Ok. They are laying huge eggs at the moment so they are pulling their weight.

Warmest day for the year so far here today.

Home now and just checked the radar on the net. Cripes, theres a storm front heading our way. Nasty looking bugger but only narrow so it wont last long if it gets here.

The short story is, fish and chips for tea - storm was a fizzer.