Old Laundry Tub Garden

When my wife and I first moved into our home there was one of these old concrete laundry tubs. When we renovated the laundry I kept the tub part. Over the years it has been used as a spare esky for big parties, used for kids games etc. However for the last few years it has been sitting in the corner full of junk. Recently my wife has been bugging me to grow more flowers (as they do), so a few weeks ago I draged this thing (it's bloody heavy) into a spare spot under my Grevillia's, filled it with manure and planted some marigold and cone flowers, along with some herbs (couuldn't help myself). When the coneflowers work I'll let you know. (maybe next year?)

Banana's

I came home the other day to find my fruiting banana lying on its side, so I said to myself "it must be time to harvest!". After you cut of the bunch immediately turn it upside down so the sap doesn't fall on the fruit, this will cause some big black marks on the skin. These babies will ripen up over the next week or two, if they ripen too fast I will freeze the fruit and make cakes with them.

Work Sucks

I've been doing a few days work on a beautiful golf course estate on the Gold Coast, I am working with a team of guys and we are installing all of the furniture, white goods, kitchen essentials and AV gear.
It's a lot of hard work, but when I get a few minutes I look out over this and see fish in the water, water birds fishing, lots of trees, and beautiful landscaped fairways (not many golfers).

I don't play golf, I'm not interested in it. Do you think that any of the very wealthy people who will live in these appartments will grow any of their own food? Maybe I'll slip a few herb seeds into the manacured gardens and hope for the best!