Category Archives: recipes

Curried butternut and lentil soup

Posted on June 13, 2013 by

Sorry, I’m still banging on about pumpkin. This time it’s butternuts. They’re not my favourite pumpkins but I believe in having a couple of varieties going in case either of them succumbs to bugs or diseases. The butternut vines made … Continue reading →

Posted in children, legumes, recipes, resilient gardening, vegetables, winter

Easy Spanakopita

Posted on June 4, 2013 by

Silverbeet has missed out in the vegetable marketing department. It’s like the ugly stepsister of baby spinach. Don’t get me wrong, I love baby spinach in a salad,  but when you want to feed a crowd on a budget and … Continue reading →

Posted in recipes, vegetables, winter

Happy New Year

Posted on January 3, 2013 by

Hope you have had a happy and safe festive season, and welcome to 2013! This week we turned about 2.5m2 of garden bed into 11kg of carrots – enough to last our little family for the rest of summer. The … Continue reading →

Posted in fertiliser, fruit, heatwaves, recipes, summer, vegetables, water

You Beaut Hugh

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

One of my perennial heroes is Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall of River Cottage. Admired for millions of gardening and cooking inspirations, but none more so than this little gem: Chocolate Beetroot Brownies. Now, I made the mistake of baking a double batch … Continue reading →

Posted in markets, recipes, seeds, vegetables

Gardeners’ fuel

Posted on October 20, 2012 by

I love Saturday mornings. I water and weed, inspect the garden to see what all the plants are up to (and the critters), listen to talkback gardening, always come up with far more jobs than I can complete in a … Continue reading →

Posted in fruit, recipes