October outdoors was, to put it mildly, craptacular. Winds strong enough to blow your eyebrows off and still unreasonably cold.Plus I travelled interstate for a few days and then promptly followed it up by falling victim to one of the many and various plagues doing the rounds. So quite a lean pantry prep month, in short. Towards the end of the month I whipped out the dehydrator to preserve some of my abundant garden herbs at their peak and have ... Read the Post...
A year of foraging and garden preserves – the spring dance
Ah September. All the promises of spring’s abundance stretched like a cheap veneer over the cruel vagaries of winter, slapping back like a spiteful ex. Managed to lose another year or two down the back of the couch again, but I'm relaunching my blog presence via a hastily cobbled together plan to document a year in pantry planning – let’s see if I manage to keep it up, in between all the rest of it. Actual gardening aside, the food harvest ... Read the Post...
have yourself a merry low waste christmas
'Bake them a cake, write them a poem, give them a kiss, tell them a joke, but for god’s sake stop trashing the planet to tell someone you care. All it shows is that you don’t.' - George Monbiot If you also straddle the awkward fence of creeping existential dread when confronted with the grotesque display of seasonal tat and pathological consumerism that accompanies the festive season, yet enjoy giving gifts, decorating your house and generally ... Read the Post...
in (longford) bloom
London has the Chelsea Flower Show, Melbourne has the International Flower and Garden Show and, well, I guess Tasmania has Longford Blooms. Driving through the agricultural township of Longford, in Tasmania's north, you wouldn't immediately suspect that it's home to a hidden wealth of beautifully manicured gardens, a dozen or so of which open their doors every year to a steady stream of hundreds of visitors who come looking for ... Read the Post...
