...back to the grind, that is. I'm currently studying full time, and it's a third of the way through the semester. I got one assignment submitted on the weekend. So that makes 14 to go. Four of them are due in the same week (week seven). Which means week six is going to be a killer. Having said that, I'm enjoying being back at uni :).
I had a visitor for a week or so, so while the gardening got done, the blogging didn't. We've had heaps of rain, so everything is growing like mad. We've had a few zucchinis, herbs and leafy things from the garden, so it's all looking good. I do a caterpillar patrol morning and night, and am pleased to say there haven't been too many, probably because I have quite a lot of predatory insects (spiders, praying mantis etc) and birds hanging out in the vegies.
I've ordered some garlic that's supposed to do well in the tropics, so I'm looking forward to trying that out. And I recently had some baby roma tomatoes that were just delishimo (new word), so I've ordered some of them too. I'm starting to think I have a fixation on tomatoes - I have at least five different varieties.
So, what else is up in the world? I see that there are reports that thanks to the biofuel demand, food prices will continue to rise. While I appreciate that people want to do the right thing and reduce fossil fuel use (which I'm all for) , it seems madness to use food crops (or to sacrifice growing food crops in favour of crops for fuel) to do it. Somehow, when basic food items are at unreasonable prices, I don't think people will be as appreciative of having cheap fuel instead of food that doesn't cost most of the pay packet. I suspect vegie gardens will make a comeback when people have to decide between spending their last $50 on a tank of fuel or some basic foodstuff.
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