still tiling

August 4 2016

How on earth did we ever cope before the Internet?  Today I harvested the big turmeric plant and got advice and u-tube clips from all over the world on how to do it. The leaves had dried off but the pot was filled with large “hands “ of roots. After careful washing I saved some for fresh use, kept the growing knobs for replanting and boiled and sliced the rest for drying and powdering.  So far so good but it is a first try so who knows?

Edd has gone with Bo into town for a check up with his surgeon. He actually seems a lot better and is managing most things including steps and ladders really well. Let us hope he gets a good response in town this time.

The sun is shining here but the ground is far too wet to do anything constructive outside.  I am still tiling in the bathroom but I am now on the walls above the bath. We are using the off white tiles that we had stored in the cellar because there were so many I have to break them up with a hammer and then piece them together on the walls to fit with all the curves. It is a bit like doing a blank jigsaw!

I have been so busy with the tiling that the other indoor jobs like the accounts and the ironing have been neglected.  We have a Permaculture group here on Saturday so I will have to at least clean the house tomorrow. There is a lot to do in the garden too if it dries out enough.  The potatoes and capsicums are still alive from last year but we might have had a light frost last night so I will have to check if they are OK this evening after a day in the sun. It is usually the mulberry that suffers from late frost.  The buds got killed last year and we had almost no fruit.