And here I am now, sitting with a koue lappie (cold cloth) on my forehead, every muscle in my poor back as stiff as a bally stick, my hands rough and my nails black, and my patience at absolute zero! I have been replanting onions for the last two days, and as I had decided to replant them inside my home enclosure, very scared of the moonlighting porker, I had to first get the soil ready and fed with cow manure. I am now absolutely finished with Bush, who gave the havock one look, and told me that he can't help to repair the damage, as he was off to Zimbabwe for two weeks.
As it was his idea that we plant onions, me giving the land and pay for everything, while he would do the work, I am really upset, as the onions should have been ready by mid October, but there was still about a thousand seedlings, gone all brown as a result of them too big and of course having been sowed in clumps. So while I was busy, I planted that out as well, and Bush will get a nice surprise when he came back, as he would definitely now not get half of the profits. It is very hard to understand the workings of this people's minds, as to me they just have no ability to be responsible, for I have been cross so many times this past few weeks, when I found the onions all dry and droopy, and then I had to do the watering. Bush would then just waltz in here after an absence of two or three days, and put the sprayers on for a few minutes. That is not enough, and as the sprayer can't reach all the onions, I have told him to use the hand watering gadget also, so as to get to all the plants. But that is also not done, and I found that a lot of the seedlings had given up trying to survive under the hot sun, without water!
He is now talking about the potatoes that we are going to plant, but I have decided not to do it, as potatoes need a lot of work, and he is just too relaxed about everything. I am now finished with helping people, as it had never before worked out, and I don't suppose it ever will!
But, all is not dark and gloomy, as I had just made myself the most delicious pud I had ever tasted! Oranges are very cheap this year, as the farmers could not export their crops, there being a kind of black spot on the fruit, so the Euro lot had decided that they would not allow it to enter Europe! But we are having the benefit of that, and for the first time in years we have some super and cheap oranges. I had to think of something to do with it all, as I got two bags as a present! So, I pricked the skins of a few, then boiled them until the skin was tender, after which I cut them into thick slices. I then bottled most, but got a splended idea, and hoped that it would turn out well.I sprinkled the slices with sugar, the fried it in butter until the sugar had caramalised, and with a dollop of icecream, and a chocolate sauce, I enjoyed a most delicious pud!