Monthly Archives: May 2012

Top 5 – Melbourne’s garden oriented places to visit with kids

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Liz

As you can tell by the summery weather in some of these photos this is a post I’ve been working on for some time.  This weeks Top 5 is: The best places to visit in Melbourne to look at gardens (particularly … Continue reading →

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Monday Harvest – May 21st 2012

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Liz

Its really starting to feel like winter’s coming now, I’m craving soups and the nighttime temps are due to sink to single figures (Celsius that is) by the end of this week.  With that in mind I’m pretty pleased with this … Continue reading →

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Small Green Annoyances

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Liz

The damage: The culprit: Lots of cabbage white caterpillars and a solitary baby snail.  Shame I don’t yet have any chooks to feed them to. Actually although I have quite a few brassicas in the garden at the moment this is the … Continue reading →

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Thai (ish) Red Curry Paste

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Liz

I made red curry paste last week.   I intend to make a few batches of it before both; I exhaust my supply of fresh lemongrass and the thai basil packs it in for this year.  I find you can be fairly … Continue reading →

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Top 5 – Ways to Kill a Tomato Plant

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Liz

OK so the title is a little over the top, but my daughter has been particularly melodramatic of late and I think its rubbed off.  What the post is really about is the mistakes I have made over the years, … Continue reading →

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