We are all enjoying the warm still weather. The llamas have made lovely dust bath for themselves and the pullets are settling in.

The garden is looking lush with the cosmos starting to come out and the roses flowering again.

The tomatoes are still prolific, so good with local avocados.

And I am finally starting to bake reliably edible bread.

Excellent with specially delicious creamy beans.

Recipe: sauté a couple of large brown onions in olive oil, add a few cloves of garlic , some diced celery and anything else that needs using up ( like elderly pesto or humous that is lurking at the back of the fridge), add about two cups of chopped tomatoes and when starting to soften add a tin of haricot beans and a tin of spicy beans. Then add lots of herbs, spices and a bit of worcester sauce, a spoonful of molasses and tomato paste. Taste for salt, pepper and spicyiness. Heat in oven and about 5 minutes before serving stir in a pottle of sour cream. Good with corn chips and guacamole.