A Shared Table - Garden Style

Summer has been hot and perfect!

The halcyon days, blindingly bright and bluer than blue skies above.

The clouds and rain so elusive.

Gardeners in Tasmania have been able to grow melons this year, truly a rare feat.

The children have flown back to China and we were pathetically wandering for a couple of days trying to find our rhythm again. The house seemed so quiet and our days filled with hours.

Before they left we had a BBQ for family and friends to catch up with them, escaping the heat within the shade of the giant cherry plum trees.

Our garden is abundant and provided so much for our shared table

Crisp lettuce salad with peach slices and purple torfino beans

dressed with balsamic and oil and a scattering of fetta.

Roasted root veg tumbled through greens

Cous Cous with the first of the season tomatoes and plenty of fresh herbs

and the classic

Beetroot and Carrot salad with currants and pumpkin seeds

and 

for dessert

Upside down plum cake

Peach and rhubarb with vanilla bean Crumble

Great food, good friends and happy family.

It doesn't get any better than this!