Category Archives: Spring Harvesting

October – The Wrap Up

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Liz

I was very productive in the garden this month. Almost all my summer crops are planted, some have even been mulched, and I have been regularly sowing seed to replace things which are bolting all over the place now the Spring … Continue reading →

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Beetroot & Orange Jam

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Liz

It has been a good year for beetroot.  It has also been a fabulous year for oranges. Too fabulous for many of the farmers as bumper crops have lowered prices domestically whilst the high Australian dollar has seen export sales … Continue reading →

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Harvest Monday – 31st Oct 2011

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Liz

Ahhhh the excitement of a new crop and this week its Broad Beans! We had pasta with bacon, broad beans, pine nuts and lemon.  Here they are again from another angle (I actually think I should have waited a few … Continue reading →

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Another Woman’s Compost – Vegetable Stock

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Liz

As I mentioned in my Monday Harvest post this week, much in my garden is bolting making it fairly inedible.  Fairly but not completely and that’s where this week’s Kitchen Cupboard post comes in.  Today faced with a forest of … Continue reading →

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Monday Harvest – 24th October 2011

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Liz

It feels like everything in the garden is bolting at once.  First the parsley, then the chervil, the mizuna’s flowering, the lettuce’s headed skyward, the beetroot looked like it wanted to so I ate it, the celery’s started and so … Continue reading →

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