Well… not exactly. I have enough thyme. It is just it has been in the ground for so long now that the centre is dying out, despite the lush growth and the frequent clippings I’ve been giving it. It tastes so good in all my hearty winter dishes. Even with its bald patch in the centre, it seems determined to take over my herb garden, … Continue reading I’m running out of thyme
It was another gorgeous blue sky day today – the kind you can sense the spring in the air. Just a hint mind you. But that hint is enough to set hope and wishful thinking into action. Dreams of the perfect season fill my head. My instinct is to put on my gumboots and do a bit of digging. But alas no. Not today. I … Continue reading Did I mention spring is coming?
After weeks and weeks and weeks of cold weather (well aside from a brief trip to the sunny South Pacific, but that doesn’t count) I am ready for a change. I want to wake up and leap out of bed enthusiastically. Not sit there and shiver and dare myself to touch the cold floor. The calendar tells me that there is only 19 days left until … Continue reading Five things that say Spring is Coming! and one thing that says it isn’t.
The weather has been a little crazy here of late – the fattest rain drops in showers that come and go with with a moments notice and disappear as quickly as they came, leaving behind a sea of muddy puddles. Then when its not doing that it’s frosty. Apparently there were the most spectacular hail storms today. But not where we are. Just a lovely … Continue reading Whales, Snails and Tropical gardens
I don’t often follow recipes because I’m a ‘give it a whirl’ kind of a girl, but sometimes when you are cooking something you have never cooked before you need a bit of guidance. And collard greens don’t tend to feature in the average kiwi cookbook. I didn’t even bother to look. Instead I turned to The CSA Cookbook where Linda Ly of Garden Betty … Continue reading Not something you see every day – not round this neck of the woods.
While summer is still many moons away, I have taken a few steps that create a tenuous thread that links the cold wet miserableness of today with the hot, heady endless days of late summer. I sowed my pepper seeds. I normally do this with great fanfare on the 1st of August, however this year I was somewhat detained by the warm sea and sun … Continue reading It is still early days but…
I have discovered a perfectly good way to deal with the snails in my garden – serve them up on a plate. Um… Yeah… maybe. When someone else does it for you and they are barely recognisable from the slimy gastropods running rampant through a damp spring garden, and covered in a rich delicious garlic sauce then they are quite delightful. Although I’m not entire … Continue reading We ate snails
