Composting

I took our compost out of the bin and put it into bags for our move. I have started another compost which hopefully will be ready in about two to three weeks. The tumbler system is the most efficient and less work as long as you remember to turn the tumbler every day.
I have received my seeds from Digger's garden club and have sown some in paper pots (made from newspaper) filled with starting mix. I have sown beans, beetroot, squash, pumpkin, lettuce, basil, marigold and nasturtium.

We took a drive to Kapunda today and had a walk around the town. I wanted to see what type of plants are being grown; quite a variety I found. Popped into the craft market, I will be interested to see what the Angaston one is like. It was so nice to smell the clean air and quietness.

Crustless quiche

I am still trying to use the food in the cupboard, I had made some bread but used it all up so needed to buy a loaf. I don't want to buy a breadmix packet because I'm waiting to check out Lauke's mill when I move (to buy bread mix in bulk). I just can't seem to go to the shop for one thing I end up buying more items, I will need to change this habit!

I came home and have made my crustless quiche which tastes very nice. For a small flan dish butter two pieces of bread, preferably grainy, cut into small pieces and lay in the greased flan. Cut two rashers of bacon into small pieces lay on top of bread. Mix together three free range eggs, half a cup of skim or soy milk and half a small tub of ricotta cheese, season with salt and pepper. Pour the mixture over bacon, making sure that all bread has been moistened. Can cut up a couple of pieces of sundried tomato and sprinkle over if desired. Cover flan with plastic wrap and put into fridge, leave this overnight or at least a few hours.

When ready to bake take plastic wrap off and place in moderate oven for about 40 minutes. Side dish of oven baked chips and peas is nice. This is a cheap feed probably costing about $5 enough to feed two adults.

Variation: use small tin of salmon and creamed corn; spinach, ricotta and sprinkling of pinenuts is also nice.

Kitten in a basket

Here is Tigr in my knitting basket, cute hey. We have been busy packing some of our gear to get ready for our move to Freeling (in a month). I am trying to use the food in the pantry/freezer/fridge to avoid buying any more, it's hard not to just pop around to the shop when I need an ingredient; I will need to get used to shopping once a fortnight when we move. The idea of moving to the country is to be more self-sufficient, grow our own vegetables, make our own bread, preserves, jams etc. which I already do now. We want to live as naturally as we can.

Our new addition

I was looking out for a new kitten to take to Freeling when we move. Kittens are such lovely company and have cheeky personalities. I was visiting a fodder store when a woman came in with a cage containing four 10 week old kittens. I commented how lovely they were and she asked me if I wanted one. I said 'yes I was going to buy the paper today to see if there were any available', I picked little Tigr the only male. He is a real tear away, runs all over the place flips into the air scrambling around chasing our old dog Max, who is 12 years old, then when tired he just flops on my lap and sleeps. I'm glad I gave him a home but our other cat Monty isn't very happy and has been sulking since Tigr came to live with us.