Under the mulberry tree

I don't know about other folk but i love looking at other peoples' gardens and if the owner of the gardens are around so i can pick their brains, then all the better. It really is a way to fast-...

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The wildflowers are blooming like I've never seen them before. Mulberries are dripping from the tree. The garden and the vegetable crisper is full of produce. The olive trees flowered for the fir...

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Despite a big party the night before, we managed to have a lovely little workshop on pests and predators in the Clarke st backyard on Sunday morning. We lingered a long time on the subject of nem...

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Our cool spring came to and an end in the last couple of days and we have now had quite a few days above 30 degrees in a row. An early visit to the garden plot was in order this weekend to keep o...

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Tropical fruits and coconuts this week for me, thanks to my visit to the Cocos Islands   where i have travelled to advise on food gardens and some revegetation work on a couple of Islands. ...

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This weeks experimental Kimchi includes Fennel bulbs, Diakon radish, Raddicio, Parsley, Shallot, Garlic, Chinese cabbage, Carrots and Ginger. I am enjoying my first batch of Kimchi quite a lot ...

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I'm a bit later in breaking this news but the Bee-eaters have arrived for the summer and so have the Sacred Kingfishers . These birds stay around for the whole of summer and their calls fill the...

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There is just so much to eat at the moment. Broccoli coming out of our ears, cabbages, cauliflower, peas, Chinese cabbages, fennel, and Asparagus just about to explode out of the ground. Luckily...

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There  were lots of things to taste on Sunday morning including Kimchee (Korean traditional fermented preserve - thankyou Margi) fermented Diakon radish, cabbage and preserved lemons to marinad...

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Lots of Raddicio has gone into the garden over winter and spring. I love seeing it turn red as the winter colds up and the frosts kick in. I have a couple more punnets that i will be scratchin...

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I knew they would arrive some time soon and as such I discovered a budding colony of blue cabbage aphids – under the cabbages actually. See link for more info - http://www.hortnet.co.nz/public...

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Sunday August 22 , 11am - 12 33 Clarke st. Lactofermented foods are a traditional way of persevering food in many countries. It has been somewhat replaced by preserving using vinegar and sugar...

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It was all a very relaxing picture on a Sunday arvo, with wifey knitting her socks and me pounding away at some sauerkraut in our chasseur. She has nearly finished one sock incidentally. We were ...

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So the mulberry thinks its spring. This black fruited white mulberry was always a little earlier than the white fruited white mulberry near our back fence. Sometimes it suffers the consequences a...

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So after having spent many days looking into the hothouse and frowning, looking a bit closer and wondering wether all the seed was bad - the tomatoes have all popped up. The 3 days of 25 deg plus...

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Pottering sort of weekend. Panted abit more coriander so see if we can keep the supply up for a bit longer into spring. Took a few seed punets (gossip cabbage) out of the hot house and into a ni...

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MY SEEDSAVERS EMAIL TO OUR MAILING LIST WAS SENT OUT TODAY, SO I'VE POSTED IT UP HERE TOO. PREPARING TO SAVE SEEDS FROM THE WINTER GARDEN. .For those who have not saved much seed, we will be w...

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New baby rabbits have arrived. this time the litter is bigger - probably 7 - 9 but i haven't been able to get a close look yet. She did have them in theburrow again despite the fact that the hutc...

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Sorry if your google search has turned up the wrong sort of website. This is a gardening blog, full of wholesome ingredients such as..... the African horned cucumber I have grown these thing...

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The Asparagus has died off well and truly now so i have chopped it off and used it for various things. It will serve as rabbit bedding - the great thing about that is that they nibble it up into ...

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The Alice Springs show was on over the weekend and as usual the Brocks had exhibited in various categories – most notably in the agricultural section. Despite the disastrous run of pests over t...

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Ulla from Mareeba brough with her an interesting bootie These included Bitter gourd - chinese and japanese varieties Sugar lime passion fruit Giant cow pea Thai long green Eggplant Pigeon ...

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This story is not so much about the Guar gum bean as it is about how i tracked it down. A lady from Kinglake contacted me through the seedsavers website. She had lost al her seeds in the fires...

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Coriander is a herb that we love to grow, and have done so from seed ever since we arrived in Alice. I saved a large jar of it last year , which we have subsequently packaged up and sold at seed ...

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 This week was compost pile week as determined by Tracey who went to fetch the manure. We had a trailor load and the back of a Ute , so our pile was slightly bigger than usual. Luckily ther...

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