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Category Archives: vegetables
Aw maw Gawd…
… it’s been a while since I contributed anything here. Not that there hasn’t been any action to report! Here goes… FRUIT & VEG GARDEN’S AUTUMN TRANSITION Summer tapered off gently in Adelaide. We worked our way through peaches and … Continue reading
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Pizza oven leftovers
Not another recipe! Yep. This one marks the christening of The Casserole Pot, a wonderful new op-shop gift from friends to celebrate the commissioning of the pizza oven. This afternoon we had a lot of vegies left over after a … Continue reading
Spicy New Year
Happy New Year – a bit belatedly. It has been an incredibly productive summer break – not at all the down time we had planned, but satisfying all the same. Commissioning the pizza oven was the chief highlight, of course. … Continue reading
The dinner of winners
It’s apricot season! The lorikeets are squawking indignantly from the gum tree across the road now that the tree is netted, and for some reason various neighbours are ‘just dropping by’ for longer and longer chats… I’m not sure the … Continue reading
Rain
What could be more soothing than waking in the morning to the sound of soft rain on the roof and the garden (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLNi-BvmhYA&feature=related) … and the thought of the trees with their ripening fruit and the newly planted bean seeds gratefully … Continue reading
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Poo power
The vegies have sprouted at child care! Three pots of beans, three pots of cucumbers and a few pumpkins in between have reared their brave little heads. The geranium and pigface cuttings are surviving in spite of many little feet … Continue reading
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Okonomi-what?
Here’s a great way to turn whatever the garden offers into instant dinner! Last night’s version included home-grown carrots, spring onions, rainbow chard and lettuce but it could have been any vegies really. The leftovers caused a stir in the … Continue reading
We wanna we wanna we wanna wee!
…”If you don’t stop for us, we’ll do it on the bus!” went the chant on the old school bus. Well, we wanna bit of worm wee! And worm poo for that matter. So I got to work and emptied … Continue reading
The Joy of Seeds
It’s funny how contagious gardening is. We have often met passers-by stopping to ask about a fruit tree in our yard or a native plant on the verge and how they can establish it in their own garden. It seems … Continue reading
Ye olde yogurt tubbe
I have never quite got around to regularly making my own yogurt. Tried a couple of times and it tasted OK, but it hasn’t become part of my routine. One of the reasons is that here in SA we are … Continue reading
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