Category Archives: Top 5

Top 5 – Vegetables for Seed Saving

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Liz

I tend to grow most of my crops from seed rather than buying seedlings.  This is partially because I have far greater choice about varieties, partially because I know the plants have been well looked after from day one and … Continue reading →

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Top 5 – Vehicles for preserves

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Liz

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

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Liz

The majority of the vegetables which come out of my garden during April are a continuation of those being harvested for the preceding few months.  Eggplants, beans, Capsicums and chillies are all plentiful but as I’ve highlighted them in previous Top 5 … Continue reading →

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Top 5 – Signs that it is Autumn

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Liz

Anyone who has read a Melbourne based blog over the past few weeks will know that we have had a particularly warm start to Autumn.  So much so that you could easily be forgiven for thinking that it was still … Continue reading →

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Top 5 – Things I enjoyed about Summer this year

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Liz

As I sit here typing this we are having out 10th day over 30C in a row.  Now I know there are places where that’s a cool period but for us Melbournites it definitely counts as a hot spell.  It … Continue reading →

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