Veggie swap and love my garden

In our local area a woman has organised a veggie swap every Saturday in a park. It is the best feeling to be able to go into ones very own garden and pick fresh fruit and veg and then share it with others who also enjoy their garden.



This is what our basket looked like when we arrived. basil, tomatoes, apples, yellow zucchini, cos lettuce, chillies and mini pumpkins.


On leaving the swap that week the contents of our basket changed. someone brought loads of seeds including two types of sunflowers, also swapped some of our produce for beans, peaches, figs and a round zucchini.



We enjoyed the figs sliced and cooked in some honey and served with buttered flap-jacks. mmmmm was so yum.
Also had a garden-picked breakfast this week. Had greek yoghurt with vanilla and sugar with sides of apple, passion fruit, a fig ( first our young, small fig tree has produced), our first picked rockmelon and guavas. was so delicious dipping the fruit into the yoghurt.

As i watered the garden i am starting to notice how it not only makes me happy but also many butterflies and bees have been enjoying the garden too. As the water goes onto the tomatoes and zucchini the butterflies hover in the foliage. I think they like how cool and fresh it makes to atmosphere feel.

Have planted a Mr and Mrs kiwi last week and it is growing so fast up the side of the driveway. have realised i really like this type of plant as it is very gentle in how soft it's fury stems are and how it winds it's way up the trellis. I highly recommend every one at some stage in their lives own a Kiwi fruit plant.

MnM