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Nature red in tooth and claw

My broad beans have aphids. Judging by my social media, everyone else’s broadbeans have aphids too. The trigger with little insects stealing my food is they must die! But must they? Most of the ways of waging war on aphids involve either pollutants or a lot of effort. Is there something easier?

Mulberry Pie

This rustic mulberry pie was (mostly) made by Mia, aged 4 (and three quarters – don’t dare miss the three quarters). There are layers and layers of story in it, and I don’t know which way to go, so I’ll wait to hear yours and stick with the recipe

Soup weather

Vegetable soup on this cold wet Saturday, nearly all in season vegetables out of the garden, the pot simmering on the fire all day. Soup, at least, is comforting, as we head into yet another la Niña. A very simple recipe –

In My Fridge Is…

A container of cooked Madagascar beans. I cooked them today in the slow cooker while there was heaps of solar power. We’ll probably have them…

In My Winter Garden

The green doesn’t look real does it? But it is, late winter in my garden and skies that look too blue to be real and garden greens that look too green to be real.

Vietnamese Salty Lime Soda (Chanh Muoi)

No doubt this recipe is not authentic, and I would love anyone who has a real Vietnamese grandmother to share the authentic version. But one of the nice things about multicultural Australia is the cross fertilization of ideas, in food as in everything else.