Winter Harvest and CQ Eat Street Market

There is so much to do in the garden at this time of the year! I harvested lots of Galangal for some nice Asian dishes and re-planting.

My first Chia is growing well as well. I guess there will be lots of seeds - for the chooks as a protein source and for my muesli.

Garlic, Nasturium and Waltham Butternut Pumpkins keep growing nicely.

I harvested 3 Queensland Blue pumpkins. They store extremely well. these little buggers weigh over 15 kg together, hence the wheelbarrow.

I harvested some onions and made pickled onions - perfect for our platters.

But it's not just gardening. It's the end of the financial year and school holiday which means I was extremely busy at work. So Mr S and I went out on Sunday afternoon - to the CQ Eat Street Markets.We were there nice and early as we both hate crowds. We had a nice hot breakfast and were hanging out for this feast.

After having a look around we settled at the bar and had a couple of drinks and tried to decide what we were going to to try.

Lots of tables and chairs set up for the crowds.

Since Rocky is a country town, we have a nice set-up for the visitors - haystacks...

While the sun is going down, we're enjoying our Mocktails....

... and the beautiful lights.

As an entree we had spring rolls and chicken satay. The main was Salt & Pepper Calamari from the Calamari Hut - even Mr S approved and he's very picky with his Calamari...

That was our dessert to share - yummy and a bit of everything: chocolate cake, caramel fudge, cream, icecream and strawberries. What can go wrong with this combo?

The atmosphere was really nice. It was a cool night and a fire would have been nice.

But as nice as it was, we decided to head home as it was starting to fill up and we were too.

I made a pumpkin bread out of my pumpkin. It actually is really nice and juicy. I will make it again.

This is my new Hibiscus. I fell in love with the colours, so now it's planted near my veggies and will attract beneficial inspects for pollination.

Mr S is designing our new seating area. I had a glass of wine there the other night. It's really serene and I love the view.

Since everything is growing so well, this is my lunch - freshly picked from the garden. Yum!

That was another beautiful week. I talk to you all soon.