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Ferments
Fermentation uses naturally occurring lactic acid to preserve food. If you have never tried it, give it a go – you won’t believe why you ever messed around with boiling vinegar. It is the simplest method of preserving food used out of necessity thousands of years ago to preserve the summer bounty. Some really cold…
Early summer 2020: Summer veg starting to produce… kind of
Even though it is January 21 I am still calling it early summer because we have had too cold a time of it. A cold westerly has been alternating with an even colder easterly combined with really cold nights which has meant the poor tender little summer plants have been sluggish to produce. Finally, this…
Beetroot thinnings
There is never enough beetroot in the world! This year I have three long rows which were planted at different times and the first row is ready for thinning now. A beetroot seed grows 3 little plants out of one seed (same as silverbeet, they are related). As they grow bigger they become squashed together…
food ripe from my garden 