Are intervals of repose appreciated?

It was fine enough this weekend to do a little bit of gardening. General tidying and spreading sugar cane mulch around. I gave up growing strawberries a few years ago because the birds got more of them than i did. It dawned on me today that now we have an enclosed cat garden with no birds in it, I could try growing strawberries again. So I ordered some plants from my preferred online organic nursery, and while I was browsing their site, some yacón tubers jumped into my order too. I'm dubious, as I don't have a history of successfully growing tubers — memories arise of the year my yams didn't grow at all, NOT AT ALL — but I will persevere.

I think I mentioned a few weeks ago the supermarket that had a promotion where you could collect surprisingly good quality food containers. That's over. Now the two biggest supermarket chains have competing promotions for tat in little surprise packets. Coles is offering tiny replica products (as in, they would fit in a matchbox); Woolworths is offering a range of Lion King pencil toppers. I have no interest in either of those things, but I'm collecting them for a friend's children. They're very big with the primary school set, apparently.

Weekly knitting photo: ( 57% complete )