Eating from the Garden ... Frittata

We now have two new chooks settled in, Isa Browns that are so much more productive than our bantams. We're averaging about 10 eggs a week so finally have enough eggs to cook with. I made a Frittata for two using eggs with vege and herbs from our garden: tomatoes, leek, kale, basil, oregano and thyme.  The only purchased ingrediants were a little oil, a few mushrooms and some feta. This meal should be on the menu regularly now.  Next time I'll make a larger one so we have leftovers for lunch and use some our our own Goat Milk Feta which we made for the first time this week.

Homemade Fetta with garden herbs

I made Fetta today, with guidance from one of my favourite bloggers Gavin Webber I highly recommend his blog, I love it!
He is, "An Ordinary Australian Man Who Has A Green Epiphany Whilst Watching A Documentary, Gets a Hybrid Car, Plants A Large Organic Vegetable Garden, Goes Totally Solar, Lowers Consumption, Feeds Composts Bins and Worms, Harvests Rainwater, Raises Chickens, Makes Cheese and Soap, and Eats Locally. All In The Effort To Reduce Our Family's Carbon Footprint So We Can Start Making A Difference For Our Children & Future Generations To Come."

The rosemary is from my garden, the sage from our local Community Garden. The cost of this jar is probably about 25% what you'd pay in the shops and I think it tastes as good, if not better, and I know exactly what's gone into it. 

Update - December 2013

Astrid is home again, with two of us working in the garden we are making good progress. Here's an update ...

Herb Kerb

This area is reclaimed from the chicken run so it is fertile but has the usual water repellant qualities so it's been difficult to establish plants however we are now having some success and harvesting Thyme, Oregano, Purple Amaranth, Bok Choi, Cherry Tomatoes.  Seedlings that are coming along include: Eggplant, Capsicum and Rhubarb.  We'll be interested to see how much we can grow in this relatively small area (square metres), Permaculture Zone 1 - closest to our back door.

Raised Beds

These raised beds are two large beds (for crop rotation they are divided into two) of three.  Total area is 29 square metres.   The bed in the foreground is planted with potatoes, eggplant, and capsicum. One half of the bed in the background is planted with Alliums - leeks, onions etc. The other half is ready for legumes and corn. The corn grows well but Slaters "lumberjack" any beans we've planted. 

Raised Beds

Another view of the Allium bed with Kale growing very well in the bed seen behind.