Growing Greens.

Vegetable prices are set to increase further due to hikes in petrol prices. NZ is facing a cost-of-living crisis in a perfect storm of factors including Omicron, the Ukraine-Russia war and inflation. 

We are blessed to be comfortable in the circumstances. Yet, spending $8 on a head of cabbage or cauliflower does seem quite exorbitant. We are looking into ways of growing more vegetables for subsistence. No pressure, husband. :) 

For starters, the thriving kumara/sweet potato vine was handy to harvest leaves for dinner tonight. The kumara will be harvested any day now, so I'm able to harvest leaves freely. All it took was a cutting off a kumara we bought from the supermarket, and voilà, this happened! 

The husband is looking forward to getting more seeds tomorrow. He plans to plant chye sim and other Chinese greens, as these grow fairly quickly. Silverbeet/chard is also on the cards as an addition to our garden farm. 

We did make it to the museum this week. 

Plasticine play kept them busy this afternoon, along with other loose bits and pieces we had at home.

At 2 years 2 months, this little one has decided she's done with naps. Milestone! Some days though, she still needs a power nap during school pick up.