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Top 5 – Fruit and Veg in Season in Melbourne in June

Until I started blogging and regularly read about North American winters I thought Melbourne got cold.  Not as cold as the UK but cold nonetheless.  Now I realise that actually our winters are really extremely mild and actually quite pleasant (I type … Continue reading

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Top 5 – Top 5s

Well I guess it had to come sooner or later, a lack of inspiration so large that I have sunk into introspection.  Or perhaps, more positively, this top 5 represents an attempt to get in touch with what interests my … Continue reading

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Top 5 – Things to do with Basil

If you garden in a temperate zone within the Southern Hemisphere then chances are that you have a lot of basil around.  Basil that wont last too much longer as the weather cools.  I know I do.  Which nicely brings … Continue reading

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Top 5 – Fruit and Veg in Season in Melbourne in May

I like Melbourne in May.  For a start my birthday is in May and that means presents.  May also brings our first really Autumnal weather heralding falling leaves and slightly cooler temperatures.  As a result May often sees the final … Continue reading

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Top 5 – Hated Vegetables

I was listening to Red Symons on ABC breakfast radio the other day and he was discussing how some foods, which were once considered ‘peasant’ food, are becoming trendy ‘superfoods’.  The discussion went from there to Kale and from there … Continue reading

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