Daisys and Diamonds
Super_Ideal_Rock
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So much is weather dependant
A lot was made in the media about Australian watermellon at $99 each somewhere in Auckland but that harvest was effected by the same
weather that took out all your lettuce
Here the local navel oranges have finished before the valence (not spelt right) have quite ripened
Your ones are arriving mid week to tide us over
But pipless manderines are $3.99 kg so i just brought those
I got a really big juicy crunchy iceberg for about $3.99 last week - cheaper than the summer (which was too dry evidently) - i made a shrimp salad last night for tea
Tomatoes are up but its winter people ! I read once winter it the only time the growers actually make money on tomatoes
I only like grapes with no seeds
we have a lovelly sweet vine in our garden that rippens early Autumn but its full of pips
kiwufruit harvest in full swing so just got cheap at countdown (wollies)
Put chicken and veg in the slow cooker tonight
only to discover ive had it set to warm for 2.5 hours (i have done this the last 3 times
)Ive even written on the slow cooker L H & W in big black letters
Usually the house would smell of chicken by now ....
So we had Hansills Thai green curry packet soup with a tin of chop chop chicken from out of the apocalypse/ covid supplies because 6.30 pm and no tea is an emergency
I like to try everything in there
As dont want to be experimenting with a potentiality yucky meal for our last one
So cats will enjoy some chicken at bed time
it makes them sleep through the night rather than playing and making noise at 2am
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I made eggplant parm and triple berry pie (blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries) for friends last tonight. But now I want 
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