I have just whipped up a little pot of devine jam made with my two favourite things.. Peacherine & Raspberries. It seriously only took 10 minutes. I had just over a cup of fruit, microwaved it with a squeeze of lemon juice for 5 minutes, added 3/4 cup of sugar, microwaved again for 4 […]
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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 […]
Christmas 2011
Posted in cooking, Crafts, Orchard, Recipes on Dec 29th, 2011
Hope you all had a lovely Christmas. It was a gorgeous day here in Nelson & we had a picnic lunch with family… as it seems many Nelsonians do these days. Certainly was busy at Rabbit Island. Although, I have to confess I missed setting the table with my traditional gold cloth, napkins, pretty candles […]
Rhubarb Season
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 […]
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