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Category Archives: Greens – Lettuce, Spinach, Beets
Top 5 – Beetroot Dishes
You can grow Beetroot pretty much all year round in Melbourne, but for much of the year other crops seem to get all the attention. It is in our hungry gaps – the end of Autumn when the summer crops … Continue reading
Posted in Greens - Lettuce, Spinach, Beets, Top 5
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Silver Beet and Ricotta Gnocchi
In my Harvest Monday post a couple of weeks ago I mentioned this gnocchi and had a few requests for the recipe. I had a friend over for lunch during the week and took the opportunity to cook it again … Continue reading
Caldo Verde
The last few weeks have been unseasonably warm here weatherwise. Not hot just lovely, lovely weather. All that is due to come to an end next week with a return to more seasonal averages. With that it seems that my … Continue reading
An Autumn of Salads – Fig & Pecorino
In my garden at the moment I have a lovely selection of leaves available for eating. I have some new lettuces coming on: oakleaf varieties, Cos, Salad Bowl, my personal favourite – Freckles and a number of unknown varieties from a mix. … Continue reading
Posted in Fruits, Greens - Lettuce, Spinach, Beets, Herbs, Recipes
Tagged figs, Herbs, Recipes
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Top 5 – Ways with Silver Beet
After talking up the fabulousness of Silver Beet a couple of posts ago I thought it only fitting that it be the subject of this weeks top 5, especially as quite a few people said they didn’t like the stuff. … Continue reading
All the colours of the rainbow – Silver Beet
I’m in a quandary about Silver Beet, or Chard as it is often called. I love it, I find it really versatile to cook with – I use it both for its own sake and as a substitute for spinach. … Continue reading
A Summer of Salads – February
I’m feeling very proud of my lettuces at the moment. Late last month I planted out my lettuce seedlings into the bed that the potatoes had been in. The above picture shows the plants on the 31st January. This next shot … Continue reading
Posted in Greens - Lettuce, Spinach, Beets, Herbs, Recipes
Tagged Herbs, Lettuce, Mint, Recipes
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A Summer of Salads – January
When I read about Vegplotting’s 52 week salad challenge, the aim of which is to harvest or forage some salad leaves to eat every week of the year, I have to say I smugly thought no problem. Then I looked … Continue reading
Posted in Greens - Lettuce, Spinach, Beets, Recipes, Summer Harvesting
Tagged Lettuce, Potatoes, Recipes
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Cannelini Beans with Sorrel
I was given the book Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi for Christmas. I had been wanting it for a while, particularly as Diary of a Tomato recommended it as one of their favourite books of the year. On first glance it … Continue reading
Posted in Beans, Greens - Lettuce, Spinach, Beets, Herbs, Recipes
Tagged dried beans, sorrel
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Iceberg Lettuce
I can’t seem to grow Iceberg lettuce. I have tried and tried and tried but every time I seem to fail. My failures have been varied; from the plants simply dying, to going slimey, bolting too early and failing to … Continue reading