AgaveGirl1 said:
Dinner tonight was Cod Puttanesca (tomato, olive and caper sauce) over Angel Hair. Came out wonderful.
AG - Great minds...(?)
Piperade-inspired cod here which, despite poor photo, was tasty.
I have been quiet due to garden preoccupation and unusually nice late winter weather. Now, despite the weather turning cooler and greyer for the next few days I must continue with my weeding and planting. My mantra has become "another day, another hole..." My garden is not particularly large, about 1/4 acre overall. It is essentially a small weed field used by the former owners as space on which to park their work vans. So, in addition to a layer of limestone that lurks beneath the soil surface at a depth of anything from a few inches to a foot, the clay on top is quite compacted. In areas where the 'tete de roche' is close to the surface digging a hole is more an act of chiseling or excavating limestone. Oddly it still drains fairly well and the clay is nutritious. Certainly grapes are happy growing in the caillou.
I try to only buy plants when I have prepared a space for them in advance or in the event of those unavoidable impulse purchases can do so within a day or two of having bought them.
Anyway, last weekend the only 'decent' nursery near me - le Pepiniere de Corme Royal - had a number of David Austin roses available, not common to find here. The result was that in addition to my other previously planned chores I have had to excavate homes for five roses and a few more lavender and a clematis and a hop bine that I over-wintered in a pot and a honeysuckle. It may not sound like it, but that's enough to keep me busy for a week or two. Especially as I was also trying to motivate myself to clear the veg plot for spring arrival and find a way to barricade same from marauding chickens in advance of the new season. Grape vines are not getting pruned this year. I work slow.
Out to the weeds...
