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A little harvest…
Today we cut back our mess of Parsley so that we can dry it, powder it and use it in soups and stocks throughout the year. A big bonus was the Hakurei. They’re a small Turnip from Japan. They don’t need cooking to eat, just peel then and munch away. The Hakurei leaves, or greens,…
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Blue Eggs!
Dolores, our new chook, laid her first egg today. In fact, she was so enthusiastic that she laid two (though probably not at once…). They are coloured blue because she’s got Araucana somewhere in her heritage. They’re not quite the tone in the pic, that’s a bit intense because of when and where I took…
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Some days you’re just lucky
Some days, your timing is just right. Today I dropped in to the Gawler Community House, where I volunteer tending their kitchen garden. I saw a fellow struggling a bit with a trolley full of magazines. I wandered on over to offer a hand and, joy of joys, saw the trolley was full of gardening…
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In the Bunyip
Last Friday, the reporter from the Bunyip, our local newspaper came out to interview us about the house and garden from the point of energy efficiency. Jelina and Marlon were out, so it was just Athena and I and we ended up with most of page 39! It’s great that people want to hear about…
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Freezing veggies for the worms
Our friend, Annie, who breeds composting worms gave me a great tip a while back. It’s one I’ve been following and it works a treat. The tip is to freeze the vegetable scraps that are going to be fed to your worms. Then thaw them before feeding them. Freezing causes the water in the cells…
Ligaya Garden
a little garden near Gawler
