A simple recipe for making ginger beer. To illustrate how simple, we made it at work yesterday using stuff from Woolies. You’ll need a 2L container, a mixing bowl and access to hot water. Ingredients are brown sugar (500g), powdered ginger, tartaric acid, cream of tartar, lemon juice, lime juice and bread yeast. Erm, we…
I made terrariums last night. Some big, some small, some enclosed, some open. I’m reasonably happy with how they turned out; would love to have had more baby’s tears and just a little bit of cultivated moss, but alas. They look a little unfinished because of the exposed dirt, but I’m hoping they’ll grow into…
I don’t know why I’m nervous. I shouldn’t be; it’s just football. And I’m not nervous, really, not mentally. It’s just my tummy feeling strange before the game. Which it has no right to because I’m a bench warmer today, just a sub in case anyone comes off injured. Which suits me fine because I…
A while back, I chatted to a friend about photography, who told me I had an eye for taking photos with a lot of feeling. Because it was MSN and we haven’t hung out in awhile, I wasn’t sure whether to read him as being heartfelt or just polite. But his words made me feel…
This is the first Capsicum flower in the planter box next to my desk. Quite pleased we’re seeing progress as I was worried the UV tinting would block out too much light. The temperature in here is about 24 degrees C, varying by a degree or so every now and then. The internet reckons this…
Today, I harvested a Sugar Baby watermelon planted back in September. I’ve spent the last five months watering, fertilising, training and protecting this little one. It’s been through a repotting, a super-hot Christmas with no water, a slug invasion, and possibly a slow execution by the other melon plant sharing its pot. Notice how the…
Went with Sasha for ramen yesterday, then we spent the whole afternoon at the Free Range Gallery on Wellington St., making zines. I was nervous beforehand cos I’m not much of a scenester and don’t know a lot of people in my city’s arts crowd. I found out about the Perth Zine Collective‘s zine-making event through…
I had a nice time at training last night. Unlike usual, my head didn’t run its anxious post-mortem of things I said or did that might be totally stupid. I’m getting comfortable with saying and doing stupid things; I mean silly little things, not like property damage or endangering other people. That’s beyond stupid. Today…
We were surprised a couple of weeks ago to find four little tomatoes growing on the vine. This is an heirloom variety known as Tigarella, which we picked up at Bunnings last year. I don’t know much about heirloom veggies other than not being able to get them at the supermarket. I feel pretty special…
Gong Xi Fa Cai, everyone! Today was busy. Wonder if it’s foretelling the new year. I do like getting 2 new years. It’s like the first few weeks of the western new year is just a practice run for the real one. If this weekend is anything to go by, I can look forward to…