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Mutant carrots
J and I learned we hadn’t spaced our carrots adequately after harvesting these! But they look pretty cool, don’t they?
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Baked passionfruit curd cheesecake
In summer, the passionfruit vines in our garden go into overdrive, and produce a bounty of heavy fruit. They’re juicy, tangy and sweet, and while we have done our best to eat them or use them in...
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Home grown asparagus!
Cue squeals of excitement! This week, we spotted real asparagus, growing in our front yard veggie patch! I’m terribly excited, and am dreaming of lightly blanched asparagus served with soft boiled...
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Home again
We returned home yesterday from our Easter weekend away. There to greet us was two fresh leeks from our garden, and our friends L and I, who had been minding the house (and feeding the fish) while we...
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Tuesday dinner surprise
Last night, J cooked dinner… It was delicious. Polenta-crumbed chicken with a garlic butter sauce, baked mashed potatoes and a fresh salad with home grown lettuce and tomatoes. Fine polenta makes an...
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Homegrown potatoes and swedes
Over the weekend, J unearthed a bounty of Ruby Lou potatoes and swedes from our garden… It’s only Wednesday, but already there’s barely anything left to show for the crop he unearthed on Saturday....
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Beef in Monteith’s Single Source Lager with homegrown potatoes
Last Sunday night, I decided to make something low fuss (i.e. something I could just prepare and leave to simmer) and something to satisfy two hungry and tired people (that would be J and I). This...
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Carrot bumper crop
When we returned from our holidays, one of the first household tasks J took on was garden maintenance. There was lawn to mow, grapevines to prune, and about a dozen carrots to unearth! But other than...
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