Solutions - a sign of the times
exhibitions, general :: posted on November 11th, 2008
A solution has been found for the camera! It was sooooo obvious - use a card reader of course! Anyway, the first thing I did was take a few snaps of the vegies that are growing happily in pots. This is a solution to the issue of needing to grow food but for various reason not being able to have a dedicated vegie patch in the backyard. This year I planted a number of fruit trees as well, and next year there will be a few more, and then I think the garden will be at capacity. There is the front yard, but the black sooty deposits that coat the area of the house that is exposed to the traffic puts me well and truly off the idea of growing food in the that area. Bring on the electric car!
I find the trick for the vegies is to have a big pot - and in placed groups to keep the soil cool and moist. Also I tend to be a bit ruthless and crop them quite quickly, so pick the baby leaves and not worry about allowing the lettuce to grow to full size and plucking plants out at the first sign of weariness or shooting to seed to replace them with the new crop for example.
So now that I have my camera back in action - maybe there is some art out there waiting for a photo!
Hunter Island Press is having an opening tonight for their annual members exhibition. Running until November 17th at the Sidespace Gallery in Salamanca Arts Centre, this is always a great collection of printmaking for a diverse group of people.
