A friend of mine recently shared his lemon harvest with me, to which I was extremely grateful. Citrus has been my Achilles heel. I love to use the fragrant fruit in my kitchen in a multitude of ways, but over the last decade of being here a flourishing citrus grove has been elusive. It turns out they don’t like wet feet and so many poor … Continue reading Collecting Lemons
Oh my goodness, what a terrible day. Only genuine crazy people would be out there gardening on a day like that! There was a nasty south wind bringing freezing cold temperatures with it. I briefly worried about my greenhouse and hoped it wouldn’t blow away, and then I remembered I have a new second hand one waiting for me to put together. Roll on Assembly … Continue reading When life gives you lemons – make lemoncello
We have come away from my garden for a lovely relaxing weekend in the Bay of Plenty. They don’t call it the Bay of Plenty for nothing. My lovely in-laws have recently moved to this area and in their new back yard are two mandarin trees, an orange tree and a lemon tree and they are all completely laden with their orangey yellow orbs that … Continue reading Marmalade in Wok
When I loaded the last story I found on my camera a load of photos that I had taken in anticipation of a full and exciting blog and then promptly forgot all about them. So I feel it is only right to give these photos their fifteen minutes of fame! The first and carefully staged photo is when I made the most incredible lemon honey. … Continue reading When life gives you lemons…
