Yup, it was scones for lunch on Sunday again. Date this time.. .. so delicious with my homemade Apricot Lavender & Plum Orange jams. I made them in our mini oven. Actually, I use it for just about everything these days. Its so convenient, it heats up really quickly & it must be more economical […]
Monthly Archive for February, 2012
I have just had the first Peacherine of the season.. I have been drooling over this beautiful fruit for weeks & I can say the taste was worth the wait. Now to work my way through the tree before they drop on the ground & get gobbled up by the chooks. . they love them […]
Valentines
Posted in cooking on Feb 16th, 2012
Well, I’m a bit late with this post but I just wanted to share the Valentines day biscuits I made for my boys. They are basically Edmonds Belgium Biscuit recipe with a couple of modifications.. like using cherry jam & mixing with some icing sugar for the filling. They certainly went down well
2012 Summer Show
Posted in Flower Garden, Orchard, Vegetable Growing on Feb 11th, 2012
Last weekend was the Brightwater Summer Show. We were asked to put in some entries to help make up numbers. My dahlias, & most of my garden, were looking quite sad after a windy storm followed by a week of dry. I picked a bucket full but was told most were not “show” flowers. […]
This week I’ve been preserving our plum harvest. While I like to pick them fresh off the tree for eating, we had to harvest them all at once because the birds were having a lovely time eating & pecking holes in them & many were dropping. Its handy having the Silkie chooks in the orchard […]
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