Author Archives: Liz

Thursday Garden Gobbles – Roast Vegetable Salad

My eggplant has done really well this year but unfortunately my household doesn’t share my passion for it as a foodstuff. This has meant that I have given away a lot of eggplant, as well as eating quite a few … Continue reading

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Wrap Up – Feb & Mar 2013

Value of produce harvested: $330 combined Feb & Mar total Money spent: $58 Most valuable crop: Cherry Tomatoes Seeds sown in punnets: Tomato – Winter mix (thanks Nina) Lettuce – Mix Broccoli –  Calabrese/Green Sprouting Kohl Rabi – Purple Vienna … Continue reading

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Top 5 – Vehicles for preserves

I have spent a lot of time preserving things lately.  Along with bottling tomatoes, which will eventually find their way into soups, curries, and pasta sauces, I have been making chutneys, pickles and jams.  Some of these will just naturally get eaten … Continue reading

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Monday Harvest – April 1st 2013

This year the weather has definitely changed with the equinox, we have gone from flimsy summer dresses to jeans and jumpers.   Whilst the weather may have changed the harvests are still pretty representative of Summer.  Lots of peppers, in the basket … Continue reading

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Saturday Spotlight – Summer Dance Cucumbers

I pulled out most of my cucumber plants yesterday.  I left in two and both were Summer Dance.  They seem to be more resistant to Powdery Mildew than Catalina Pickling, Lebanese and the Lemon varieties that I also grew this … Continue reading

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