Category Archives: Summer Harvesting

Monday Harvest – 25th Feb 2013

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Liz

This week was definitely the week of the tomato.  I harvested some of every variety I grew this year, save the Beefsteak that never really got going and I suspect died sometime back.  In the basket below you can see … Continue reading →

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Saturday Spotlight – Majestic Butter Beans

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Liz

I’ve decided to start a new series of posts, called Saturday (occasionally Sunday)  Spotlight  (mainly because everyone loves alliteration don’t they?).  Each post will highlight a specific variety of produce that I have grown and how it performed in my micro-climate (Melbourne’s Northern suburbs).  If anyone else … Continue reading →

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Monday Harvest – 18th Feb 2013

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Liz

Its been a warm week here with another one forecast for next week (albeit slightly cooler).  I do like to have a couple of proper heat waves over summer otherwise I feel a bit cheated.  I don’t always enjoy the … Continue reading →

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Top 5 – Summer Vegetables to Preserve

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Liz

For many Australian kitchen gardeners February is the most bountiful month of the growing year.  (If you have any doubt about this check out the Witches Kitchen’s haul, impressive eh?) February is a month in which the volume of produce can start to … Continue reading →

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Harvest Monday – 11th Feb 2013

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Liz

Last week was definitely my best harvesting week of the year thus far.  Pretty much all my summer crops are producing at the moment (except for some very late planted corn) and I’m really enjoying the harvests. This week the … Continue reading →

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