Garden diary Spring 2012
So EVERYONE tells me that I need to keep a garden diary so I thought I’d put it on here. so bear with me it’s going to be a long list! I’m very proud and…
Category Archives: herbs
Sprouting and watering seeds
I’m so excited my seeds are sprouting!! I’m like a kid on Christmas day every morning John and I look under the black plastic sheets to see how my little seeds are doing! Last year…
Carrot and Cumin Soup
Carrot and Cumin Soup is another one of my favourite soups. This recipe comes from a Mindfood email I got sent. It’s worth signing up for their daily recipes (I delete most of the emails…
Natural cough relievers
I’m sick at the moment I have a wonderful cold that John gave me. So generous. From this I have got the nastiest cough. So nasty it’s waking up everyone in the house. Not to…
Greek-style lentil and kale soup
This soup is one of my favourite winter foods. The original recipe comes from a mindfood daily recipe email I received and uses silverbeet but I make it with kale. Ingredients: 2T olive oil 1…
Hanging basket lining
On my veranda I had three empty linerless baskets.So I decided to line the baskets with weed matting.I got the weed matting off freecycle but if I hadn’t been able to get some I was…
Vegetable fritters
We made a yummy dinner the other night. Fritters are a great way to feed a family cheaply and also the kiddies can get involved. Fritters are a great way to get your kids to…
Mint glorious mint
I love my herb planters and have been growing other plants in them but now I decided to go back to only having herbs in these planters (I have four of them and would like…
Watering can
I got this beautiful new watering can a few weeks ago. I’ve had my eye on one of these for a while but they are a little pricey and so I tried to find one second…
Spanakopitta with eggs
I love spanakopitta it has to be one of my favourite meals. I have adapted a recipe from The Vegetarian Mother’s cookbook which I bought when I was pregnant. Basically this is now a spinach…