Goings on in the garden: April

Autumn has definitely arrived. We experienced some warmer than usual days in April but things are starting

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Baking a sourdough sandwich loaf

This year I've been challenging myself to improve my sourdough bread baking. I've been working through

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Preserving Chillies and DIY sweet chilli sauce

From the get go of growing my own food I've always had some chillies growing. Sometimes it's been one

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Cabbage moth/butterfly, green caterpillars and organic pest control

One of the biggest benefits of growing your own food is knowing what has gone into growing it. Particularly

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Pickled eggplant

For my 30th birthday I went on a food and wine road trip with my sister and a group of good friends

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Here and Now: April 2018

The last month has gone by quickly with Easter, camping and a few birthday celebrations. After a very

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Pesto made with breadcrumbs

Pesto is a much used condiment around these parts. Each autumn I like to blitz up a big batch and freeze

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Community garden plot

One of the hardest parts of leaving our Adelaide life was letting go of my amazing garden. We bought

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Milk carton wicking pots and cloches: garden upcycling

I'm a bit of a fan of upcycling in the garden. Well, I'm actually a fan of upcylcing everywhere. I

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Eating with the environment in mind

I went to a workshop last week titled Mindful Eating. The focus was on being mindful about how what

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Making your own vinegar (without a mother)

One of the jobs in the kitchen recently was to replenish my stock of apple (scrap) cider vinegar. I

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Working on my sourdough bread

Lately I've been experimenting with my sourdough baking. I mentioned in an earlier post that I'm

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