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Pumpkin, pumpkin everywhere
The plant: My four year old has hair the colour of the inside of a ripe pumpkin so you’d think she’d have an affinity with it, but alas she won’t touch the stuff. Of course not everyone likes pumpkin – … Continue reading
Posted in Alliums - Onions, Leeks, Garlic, Autumn Harvesting, Pumpkin, Recipes, Spring Planting
Tagged Leeks, Pumpkin, Recipes
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Is it spinach, is it silver beet, or is it chard?
The plant: This plant was grown from seeds which called it perpetual spinach, which is a type of silver beet and is also known as Chard or even Swiss Chard. Spinach (as opposed to ‘perpetual spinach’ ) is a completely … Continue reading
Eggplant – The perfect pot plant?
The plant: My mother loves to tell a story about when I was living in the UK and I arrived back home for a visit. Allegedly I opened the fridge and cried: “what no aubergine!”. To her this one phrase … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn Harvesting, Chillies, Capsicum & Eggplant, Recipes, Spring Planting
Tagged Eggplant, Recipes
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A plan for Winter
I planted my garlic yesterday. I would have liked to have done it a bit earlier but I couldn’t. This is largely because I refused to pull out the cucumber plants that have done so well this summer (from 4 … Continue reading
Growing Chillies in Melbourne
In this post: Growing chillies from seed. Saving seed from chillies. Drying chillies. The plants: I like growing chilli plants, they crop reliably, they are great to cook with, can be preserved and they look pretty. What more could you … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn Harvesting, Chillies, Capsicum & Eggplant, Spring Planting
Tagged Chillis
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