Author Archives: Me

Spring

Posted on 19/09/2011 by Me

Yes, spring has come around again and there’s all sorts of new life and renewal happening here. All sorts!!! As you can see I haven’t been idle, just concentrating on growing other things. 🙂 More posts soon as I emerge … Continue reading →

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Harvest: Roasted Sweet Corn Salsa

Posted on 20/05/2011 by Me

Yeah, I know, it’s been ages.  I do have an excuse though: in addition to growing things in the garden I’ve been growing a new human.  And it’s quite exhausting.  We’ve been told he’s a boy, and his expected arrival … Continue reading →

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Harvest: Rösti

Posted on 15/02/2011 by Me

With lots of zucchini and pink eye potatoes coming out of the garden, and being too lazy to go to the grocery store, rösti seemed just the thing.  Usually I make rösti just with potatoes, but I added some of our … Continue reading →

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February Garden Craft Session

Posted on 12/02/2011 by Me

This is mainly a placeholder to remind me to get moving on updating this blog!  I’ve been exhausted lately so just haven’t kept up-to-date.  I have many photos, and have even uploaded some of them to Flickr, but I have … Continue reading →

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FiMBY Garden Tour

Posted on 29/01/2011 by Me

Yes, I know, WAY behind on blogging here and at Snuva’s Haunt.  But that’s the way life’s been lately.  I’ll catch up – eventually! Saturday was the FiMBY Garden Tour.  Basically a group of FiMBYers visiting two FiMBY gardens, Pete’s … Continue reading →

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Harvest: Green Chicken and Veggies Curry

Posted on 06/01/2011 by Me

This was such a great after-work meal – really quick and yummy.  Just a green chicken curry – I even cheated and just used bought curry paste – but it makes SUCH a difference to use fresh-from-the-garden veggies!  The carrots were … Continue reading →

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Harvest: Warm Potato Salad

Posted on 24/12/2010 by Me

After Christina pulled some of our Kipfler potatoes out during our December garden craft session, I was really keen to use them!  I was secretly thinking of them the whole time I was at taketina. I washed them and rubbed … Continue reading →

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December Garden Craft Session

Posted on 24/12/2010 by Me

Another EXTREMELY late post.  I’ll adjust the date later; this session was 11 December 2010. Another month, and another wonderful session with Christina.  As usual she started out by going around the garden and seeing that was happening and what … Continue reading →

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Lady Birds to the Rescue!

Posted on 09/12/2010 by Me

My dill was under attack by aphids.  Christina said to squish the aphids, which I started doing.  But then I saw several of these amongst the dill and corriander: And like magic the aphids are disappearing my forest of dill seems … Continue reading →

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Harvest: Beetroot Ravioli

Posted on 06/12/2010 by Me

Christina seemed surprised when I mentioned it, but our Detroit Red beetroots are certainly a healthy size for harvesting: But obviously they are! And have successfully been turned into a filling for (not very attractive but tasty) ravioli: The other … Continue reading →

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