Beats me. I could never make a go of it. They say it's one of the easiest herbs to grow. Used to bolt if I looked sideways at it. Story of my life, pretty much.

Hmmm...Grub, have you got a teeny little corner in your garden that is slightly neglected, sunny, has poor soil and you only get to it once in a blue moon? Bung it in there.

Or grow perennial Bronze Fennel. I know, slightly different from Dill but even easier to grow. Goes totally berserk with some neglect. :)

I'm with Spatz. Neglect is what's called for, and poor soil. Use to drive me nuts in Woy Woy coming up everywhere. Soil was almost pure sand.

Righto then. It's getting way too much attention. I've just the spot to try it next. Thanks.

Never grown it. I am a big enough dill already.

Put some in ASAP and add it chopped to a warm potato salad with some crispy bacon and freshly milled black pepper. I think it would like your climate,

OK. I'll try some in the middle bed that is sandy. Why not, this bed has just about everything else in it :-)

The thought of the warm potato salad got me.

Been buying Nicola poatoes lately. These are yummy just boiled whole with skins on. Lovely yellow flesh.

They should make a kick a$$ warm potato salad eh.

Trying to grow some in a largish pot.

Free-range chicken, warm potato salad with dill, something green and leafy with balsamic and olive-oil dressing. Some crusty bread and butter. A summer white wine of your choosing. A table in the shade. Even Horsham in summer would shine.

The Nicola sound great. Haven't had them for yonks. Now I'm thinking spuds... a great big long-cooked jacket spud with sour cream and chives. You have chives, haven't you? Even I can grow them. I think it was Ray who pointed me in the direction of a bit of lime to help your onion things.

A decent onion crop of rare and beautiful species, seeds acquired via this kind site, will follow my tomatoes. Which are being rained on today. A sure trigger for grubs in days to come.

Chives we have, and spring onions growing wild all over the place.

Did a free range chook in the new barbie the other night and it was a winner. Rubbed it inside and out with fresh ground pepper and salt, and left it covered in the fridge for half a day.
Come time to cook I did a naked chef thing of par boiling the spuds, to be roasted, and cut up to golf ball size with a whole lemon. When done, pull out the lemon and peirce a few holes in it and shove it in the chook. Olive oil all over the bird then into the barbie.
Chook came out very juicy and lemony and the spuds were crisp and yummy. A winner with all here.
This new 6 burner barbie rocks, but I need a lot more practice with it before the xmas turkey goes in it.

Six-burner barbie! Wow. You got the apron to do with that? And does it have a drinkholder? Sounds great. Rotisserie? Chook sounds bewwwdiful. The Isabrowns must have been nervous ;)

Yeah the barbie is a ripper. The old 4 burner fell to bits after many years and a lot of work.
Not sure if I will go for a rotisserie with this one as they cook up really well in the roasting rack with indirect heat. Would be good for pork and legs of lamb but.

This one has one of those deep roasting dishes and I am thinking that this could be used as a smoker. Wood chips in the dish, and one burner on low under it for smoke. Then another burner on high for the heat. Gonna give it a go and see what happens.

The Isabrowns are Ok. They are laying huge eggs at the moment so they are pulling their weight.

Warmest day for the year so far here today.

Freezing wet and cold here. Hey, you could smoke chillies and maybe tomatoes?

I am going to have a go at smoking Jalapenos later in the season. Just wish the trout were biting up in the hills. Smoked trout is easy, quick and yummy.

Smoked trout and warm potato salad. Mmm.

Warm potato salad on its own is ok by me. Might even do one tonight as I have all the ingredients.

Home now and just checked the radar on the net. Cripes, theres a storm front heading our way. Nasty looking bugger but only narrow so it wont last long if it gets here.

I'm thinking fresh pasta, halved cherry toms warmed in a good evoo with plenty of garlic, smoked trout, a little chopped sorrel (or lemon basil for a milder hit), a little salt, some cracked pepper perhaps, all tossed together and accompanied by a delectable vino.

I'm thinking spaghetti with tomato sauce (preserved tomatoes from last season), and freshly minced meat seasoned with all kinds a goodies, shaped into tiny meatballs, dropped into sauce. Nice sparkling red. Freshly baked crusty bread for mopping.

Well you two had to chime in here eh.
Grub and I were having a nice little banter and dreaming.

The short story is, fish and chips for tea - storm was a fizzer.

Spaghetti meatballs were delish!
Cool change is here. Yesterday was stinking hot and muggy. Today is a perfect day for serious bottlebrush pruning and brushcutting and getting another bonfire going.