Things are ok. 5 medical appointments this week, 3 next week and that's just for me. Hubby has had 2 this week and had another next week as well. I'm still not at the can cook stage. Just starting rehab on my back or at least will be at the end of November! Bought a treadmill to stay exercise at home. Would love to walk the dirt road here but apart from being totally bored walking the same 500m section, it isn't that safe. Lots of large concrete quarry lorries towing trailers at the moment and we live on the long straight section. There's no advisory speed limit I our road. Many locals have been run off the road more than once by these lorries, including myself. So walking them, well it's ok if you are on a certain section and pay plenty of attention and just climb off the road if you hear anything coming (don't wait to establish what) but... so I've bailed to a treadmill. Plus I have started falling again. My balance is crap again... getting my iron levels tested tomorrow because today I've been virtually unable to do anything except stay sitting down.
Mandarins... If a Meyer lemon is a cross between a 'standard' lemon and a mandarin(?) Then we should be able to grow them. I know they grow in Japan and they have pretty much the same climate including the frosts. tYpically oranges need a frost to go sweet, so I can't see why not, if they are protected from the wind (cold winds are a problem with citrus in general) and planted in a protected sheltered spot why a mandarin would not grow this far south.
My issue is my altitude which adds that 'interesting' factor to things. At over 2,700 feet (860m) I find I get almost 2 months less growing period that the sheltered plain that Canberra is situated in (despite it being only 150m lower than me). The altitude here is enough to affect yeast and proving times in bread making, frequently causing overproving by quite a substantial amount. I've flings that recipes that say 4-5g of yeast typically only require 1.6-1.5g which is a huge difference.
