Blueberries are right in season up here in northern NSW.
I make soap once a year, in time to give it away as Christmas presents. I truly hate the commercialisation of Christmas. Unless I can do handmade presents I feel really yucky and conned by the whole thing. But homemade vegetable oil soap is so luxurious that it makes a great present.
I plant callistemon and grevillias ostensibly as a permaculture strategy to encourage insectivorous birds and insects, but like most “sensible” garden strategies, it has some lovely side benefits.
This one is invented by my sister.
With carrots, I stick to very fast baby carrots this time of year.
This is one of those recipes where I go by the feel and the look, but I am going to try to write it down! In fact, once you have made it once and got the idea, it is infinitely versatile.
Paw paw and citrus flavours go so well together, and luckily I have the last citrus of the season – late mandarins and pomelos – still picking.