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.
Mulberries are right in season up here, and like most foods with that deep colour, they’re full of antioxidants and phyto-nutrients.
Ful medames are a traditional breakfast all through North Africa.
These little tarts use a strong egg custard to encase the mulberries and give them enough lunch box stamina.
Chickpeas and silver beet, livened up with lemons and olives – the nice part about it is that it is the kind of filling, low fat, very yummy soup you can snack on all day and feel good in all sorts of ways.
After all the drought years of the last decade, We have just recently spent a small fortune lining our dams so we have water security.…