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Tag Archives: compost
Revisiting and seeing with new eyes after being away.
We have just returned from a month-long holiday in New Zealand and it is nice to come home and revisit things I haven’t looked at closely for a while and ponder on how much we have done in such a short … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged autumn leaves, backyard farming, Camellia sasanqua asakura, citrus, compost, eco oil, espalier pear tree, garden, gingko, leaf mold
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End of Summer season in the patch
I take my hat off to all our dedicated food growers, especially those who are committed to growing organically. It’s when we have seasons like this I can’t help but wonder how this nation ever got off the ground at … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Bread, In The Garden, sourdough
Tagged compost, grow your own food, Laucke flour, organic gardening, plant green manure crop, plastic free, pumpkins, Rye, slip grapes, Sourdough, tomatoes, Wicking Beds, zero waste
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In My Kitchen – January 2016.
Welcome to 2016 where a very busy year is staring us straight in the smacker. To start the year, we have a grand baby due to arrive (literally any tick of the clock), a wedding in February, hopefully a working kitchen soon … Continue reading
Posted in Bread, Compost, Cucumber, Garlic, In My Kitchen, Preserving, Recipes, sourdough, Tomatoes, Vegetables, Wicking Beds
Tagged Bread & Butter Cucumbers, compost, Garlic harvest, grow tomatoes, harvest, pickled beetroot, pickled cucumbers, soup recipe, The Perfect Loaf. Best Sourdough Recipe
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Baby steps but getting there!
With the addition of 3 new wicking beds in the area allocated as the produce garden we can start to see how the final area will look and how workable it will be. I’m REALLY excited that I have more … Continue reading
I proclaim today a P.I.P day!
I’ve decided I’m going to create something called a P.I.P day. That is my acronym for a ‘pig in poop’ day. I have had the best weekend doing exactly what I love doing and that is playing around in the … Continue reading
Food and fun.
This weekend has been lovely. Almost tea with my son and his girlfriend at their new home (no dinner because all the take-a ways were closed!). They are doing a great job giving a sad old post war weatherboard home … Continue reading
Posted in Mushrooms, Shiitake
Tagged broad beans, bulbs, compost, garlic, geddye, ginger, greenhouse, hot pot, Indian Ginger Tea, pho, Shiitake, silver beet, Slow cooker
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What a lovely weekend!
Finally some stable weather and some lovely sun, not too hot, not too cold, just right! I had planned to get a start on my new Sproutwell Greenhouse but got waylaid with lots of other jobs. We made great progress … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Beans, Compost, Cucumber, Garlic, In The Garden, Potatoes (Spuds), Renovation, Tomatoes, Uncategorized, Wicking Beds
Tagged bamboo, bok choy, broad beans, compost, cucumber, Dulux curd quarter, quiche, Wicking Beds
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Weekend wrap
What sensational weather we have had this weekend, I even had to dig out the shorter pants and some thongs! This lovely sun should really kick a few things into top gear. I did lots in the garden and finished … Continue reading
Posted in Asparagus, Broad Beans, Compost, Garlic, Lemons, Recipes, Shallots, Tomatoes, Wicking Beds
Tagged broad beans, compost, garlic, magpies, Olive oil, pink grapefruit, Rooster Booster, Shallot, shallots, silver beet, Spring Pasta, tomatoes, Vicia faba
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Very productive day!
I have been very frustrated with planning and getting started on the new garden layout. For one thing we have been having exceptional levels of rainfall and everything I think of can’t happen until something else happens first, the domino … Continue reading
Posted in Compost, Potatoes (Spuds), Raspberries
Tagged compost, Espalier, Potatoes, Pruning, Raspberries, spuds
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Woo hoo, here we go!
After deliberating for ages, I have finally plucked up the courage to have a go at establishing a blog! I live in Gippsland which is about 2 hours east of Melbourne Australia and have a hobby of having a go … Continue reading
Posted in Cheese, Preserving, Renovation, Vegetables
Tagged Cheese, compost, Fowlers, Preserving, Raspberries, Vacola
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