Luffa is an interesting plant to grow in the home garden if you have a pergola or some structure for it to ramble over. If the fruit is picked small it can be delicious eaten like cucumber in salads or cooked in a stir fry and if left to mature can give a good crop of useful luffa for the bathroom and a great scourers … Continue reading Growing Luffa
This is a variation of a great recipe we reposted a while ago from skinnymom.com. We are using some of the bumper mulberry harvest for this delicious and super easy low calorie ice cream. We are also using sugar bananas from the garden so it is a really organic dessert. If mulberries are not available where you live you can susbtitute other berries like raspberries … Continue reading 4 Ingredient Banana, Mulberry Ice Cream
Lamb stew with dumplings makes a wonderful meal any time of year and is especially good as a warming comfort food in winter, as it is a satisfying meal in spring. For the best flavour choose quality lamb and the freshest of organically grown herbs and slow cook till the meat is tender and delicious. The herb dumplings are easy to make, cooked on top … Continue reading Country Lamb Stew with Herb Dumplings
This month’s post is dedicated to Joe, our long standing garden supervisor, who leaves our little community for more exciting gardening challenges. We thank him for his passion for our garden, his generosity, for sharing his skills, and his sad jokes, but mostly we thank him for all the dedicated hard work that he has put into our garden for many years. Happy gardening in the … Continue reading What to Plant in November
The Yacon, which is also known as the Peruvian Ground Apple is related to the sunflower, in the Astereceae family and the Jerusalem artichoke. It originates and is grown in the northern to central Andes from Colombia to northern Argentina and has crisp and sweet tasting tubers. They are now becoming more readily available for the home gardener too. Yacon plants can grow to over … Continue reading Growing Yacon
Growing sweet corn in the home garden can be rewarding and with a little preparation and a good watering regime you can have a bountiful harvest of delicious and juicy corn over the summer. Growth habits and planting needs Select a site that gets full sun. Early preparation will ensure excellent rich soil for planting. Sweet corn needs rich fertile soil and abundant water to … Continue reading Growing Sweet Corn
Our mulberry tree is groaning under the weight of fruit this spring and this recipe is the first of a series that use this luscious fruit. These simple and healthy muffins are easy to make and full of fruit. Apple and Mulberry Muffins Ingredients: 2 cups self-raising flour 3/4 cup sugar 1/4 tsp salt 1 egg 1/2 cup of orange juice 3/4 cup milk … Continue reading Apple and Mulberry Muffins
As Cavolo Nero, or tuscan kale and chard are now in season in Sydney, this is a perfect soup to use the bountiful harvest from the garden. This soup is the famous traditional “ribollita” of Tuscany and is a hearty soup of savoy cabbage, Cavolo Nero or tuscan kale, swiss chard, white beans, root vegetables and bread. It is a thick, healthy soup that can … Continue reading “Ribollita” Rustic Tuscan Kale Soup
The following is a list of things you can plant in October in Sydney, a temperate zone: Amaranth Artichokes Asparagus Basil Beans – climbing and bush beans Beetroot Broccoli Cabbage Cape Gooseberry Capsicum Carrot Celery – in seed trays Chicory Chillies Cucumber Daikon Dill Eggplant Jerusalem artichoke Leeks Lettuce Luffa Marrow – in seed trays Mustard Greens Okra – in seed trays Parsley Parsnip Peas … Continue reading What to Plant in October
The strawberries are blooming in the garden and spring will bring a bumper crop. In Sydney strawberries are particularly cheap and abundant so if you have never tried making jam why not give it a try. There is nothing better than a good spoonful of homemade strawberry jam to spread on your toast or to dollop on your scones with cream. This recipe will help … Continue reading Homemade Strawberry Jam
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