Author Archives: Liz

Top 5 – Reasons to garden in winter

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Liz

This post comes with the proviso that your daytime winter temperatures are above freezing.  If they’re below I think behaving like a bear is probably more appropriate…but then what do I know never having experienced that sort of winter. 1. … Continue reading →

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Monday Harvest – Jul 9th 2012

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Liz

This weeks harvests are mostly about the salads which is ironic because the weather has been more suited to soup.   A radish nestles inside this basket or mizuna, spring onions, and salad leaves. And here is the radish closer up.  Its … Continue reading →

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Sweet Potatoes

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Liz

Aren’t sweet potato plants cool?  If you let them get on with their own thing – ie; growing, they are very dedicated to task.  This is what happens when their roaming stems root into the soil: They form little sweet potatoes.  Actually … Continue reading →

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June 2012 – The Wrap Up

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Liz

I think I’ve mentioned before that winter gardening in the southern part of Australia tends to focus on the alliums and brassicas – well at least in Melbourne it does.  That and peas and broad beans.  My peas keep getting … Continue reading →

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Lentil, Bacon, Celeraic & Kale Braise

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Liz

I have quite a bit of kale growing at the moment, most of it Cavolo Nero (or Tuscan Kale), and I have been looking for good ways of using it.  At the same time I have been making a concerted effort to include … Continue reading →

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