I found some apples that weren't looking their best today. After a bit or work, I ended up with three bottles of chutney. One of these bottles went in the fridge - where I immediately bumped into an existing bottle of "paw paw, tomato, zucchini, and date chutney."
"Oi Roz. Where the hell did we get this paw paw chutney?" I yelled.
My Roz says, "Sophie made it. You got it at Christmas."
"Oh, that explains the sauerkraut bottle beside it!"
Anyways, that got me…
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An interesting report in the Brisbane Times raises the conundrum of garden size vs water use as a primary cost factor.
It draws on research by James Ward and John Symons , published as Optimising…
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Hi Folks,
Was doing the report for Sophie's garden visit and got the urge to blog myself. What was I gonna do anyway - too wet to garden :)
Lots a beans at my place at the moment. I picked this many yesterday and was only going to go out and take photo's today but these were all on the vine so HAD to pick them too. I can't let them get out of hand as what usually happens is I get sick of picking them and then they go to seed and stop producing. My plan is to take the excess…
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My wife and myself attended this cooking session. There were only 12 people attending, usually about 20. We prepared and cooked recipes from 5 countries, Malaysia, Peru, Norway, Italy, and Turkey. After 1 ½ hrs preparing we shared the spoils for lunch. I would recommend these cooking sessions to anyone who maybe interested. Nice food, easy to make. I will try to remember to bring a copy of each recipe on…
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The garden is recovering from summer and starting producing again (slowly) - just as we start getting back into colder weather (lucky it's Queensland though, right?).
Harvest May 2017
300g Thai red eggplant
400g purple eggplant
200g red chilli/bell peppers
1 baby pawpaw
4 Lettuces, mixed salad leaves & edible flowers
Spring onions
baby carrots
1 passionfruit
3 chokos
Herbs: basil, thyme,…
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Vetiver grass helps to stabilise soil and protects it against erosion. It can protect against pests and weeds. Vetiver is also used as animal feed. (Wiki.)
GrowVetiver is a plant nursery run by Dave & Keir Riley that harvests and grows Vetiver grass for local community applications and use. It is based in Beachmere, just north of Brisbane, Australia.
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