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Posted in cooking, Orchard, Recipes, Vegetable Growing on Feb 5th, 2011
Well, far too hot to do any cooking today, or anything at all really, but it was cooler earlier in the week & I made the last of our homegrown SanRosa plums into some delish Spiced Plum Jam. Was wonderful on pikelets. I found the recipe online & I made it in the microwave.. easy! […]
My boys are going a bit stir crazy as the holiday stretches on so I’ve made them some Playdough. Even my teenagers like to join in! I got this recipe from the local Playcentre & it’s better than any others I’ve tried: 2 cups flour 1/2 cup salt 2 cups water 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil […]
Whew.. made it through another Christmas &, for once, I managed not to eat so much that I felt sick The day was not without a little disappointment… the strong winds made it too unpleasant to take the boys & their new blow up boat to the river but we’ll save that adventure for […]
Posted in cooking, Recipes, Vegetable Growing on Sep 13th, 2010
When I was a teenager, I had a friend who regularly used the expression “I’m not waiting until the rhubarb season”. My dad never grew rhubarb so I didn’t understand just when this ‘rhubarb season’ was… well.. I can tell you.. it is now! Having given my rhubarb bed a very generous dressing of sheep […]
Posted in Orchard, Recipes, Uncategorized on Aug 2nd, 2010
Just wanted to add a couple of pictures of my last batch .. to tempt you (“,)
There were a few specimen trees on our property when we arrived. They had been planted quickly before sale to make the place look a bit more appealing. 2 of them are crab apple trees. We moved them in their second year, digging out a good size hole for them & putting lots of donkey […]
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