Category: Gardening
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Olives in salt
This year we got so many big olives from Riverdell Spiritual Centre that we could experiment with ways to preserve them. We tried plain water, brine and dry salt and apple cider vinegar. Of all these, I found that I prefer those done in dry salt, their taste just appeals to me. The salt also…
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Down with the bubble wrap!
‘Did you break your windows” ‘Why have you got bubble wrap on your windows?’ ‘What the hell are you up to now, Haines?’ These have been the three most common questions that visitors have asked over the last few months upon seeing the bubble wrap on the inside of the windows. We’d heard…
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Spring growth
There’s so much new growth bursting out at this time of the year that it’s even brought Marlon outside to enjoy the warmth of a Spring day.
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Kombucha top up
Today’s the day for feeding the kombucha. For those that don’t know, Kombucha is a living colony of bacteria and yeasts that turns tea and sugar into a healthy, nutritious, tasty drink. We do what is called a ‘continuous ferment’, which is where you add the new food to a large container where all the…
