MICKEY’S BLOG
In the days before Instagram, Mickey kept a regular blog of snippets from Glenmore House.
You may enjoy looking back through them!
Mid-winter lunch….
Garden fennel and segments of those old-fashioned mandarins! OK, so the pips are a bit irritating, but do we really care? The fruit is from a very old tree that once sat in an awkward position. We couldn't bring ourselves to lose it completely, and so moved it...
Market wrap….
Well.....the market on Saturday morning was great fun, if freeeeeezing! (Talk about wind-chill factor!). My mountain of Jerusalem artichokes along with Alex Herbert's recipes disappeared quickly, as well as bunches of rosemary, branches of mandarins, and other odds...
Lots of pots….
Oh joy! I've been waiting for months for these to arrive! And now I have simply stacks of them...the verandah table is groaning under their weight! Terracotta pots, although new, look old & weathered, and are in divine shapes that will look splendid with all...
Plant-hunting….
I know....I haven't posted anything lately....for a start let's blame the HSC, year 12, visual art....being a mother, official prop collector, driver etc. But my goodness - after this year it will all be over and we'll wonder where the time went. And anyway, its...
Winter cheer…
How thrilling, that this out-of-season Hippeastrum lily should send up a strong & sturdy flower stem, to greet the first days of winter! And all because of a wonderful sense of generosity. You see I only have this particular beauty, because one of our earliest...
Gnarled pumpkin…
Inspiration for....but not the one we used at Friday's Seasonal Cooking. At over a year old, (very sadly), this jap is about to disintegrate, but I haven't been able to bring myself to cut it up! It was my favourite from last year's harvest (it's stalk in real...
Something’s brewing….
I can sense it in the air....I'm sure we all can. The Indian Summer we've so enjoyed these last weeks has gone on too long. It's truly been just too warm (though truly divine) for this time of year. So as black cockatoos squawked their prehistoric cry on a brief...
Zucchini bambini….
Ahhh....they've finally come to an end! These are the last babies, still attached to the vine that was limping along on its last legs. I find it so hard to pull out a productive plant, when there's hope that even one more fruit may set, but the time had come. And...
Lettuce fortresses….
This season I've been a bit slow off the mark fencing in new seedlings, and whilst I'm aware something's been eating outside lettuce leaves, (annoying though it is), if its only the outside leaves, I can live with it. I assumed it was a rabbit or possum; but last...
Autumn roses….
I always think a rose out of season is worth double of those when they're in (when we're spoilt for choice). At this time of year, flowers are a bit thin on the ground and therefore each bloom is a treasure. So these fragile beauties are a treat indeed. Just...
First pea flowers….
Oh there are such exciting times ahead....the very first pea flowers unfurled their petals last week and now many more are following in quick succession. Only for one variety however. The Purple Podded Dutch Pea is racing ahead of the pack, seemingly anxious to...
Autumn berries….
To be honest, this really was not the year of the raspberry (at Glenmore anyway....). While spring was very hot and very dry at the optimum time for berries, the late summer and autumn proved to bring many a humid, overcast day. Until now that is! Although late...
End of the persimmons….
The very last two......which lucky duck do you think will have them for lunch on a thick slice of home made bread with philadelphia cream cheese? Oh so sad....to think its all over for another year....
Sunday lunch….
As a rule, we don't make much of a fuss over Sunday lunch (to be honest, we're usually in the garden!). But as we found ourselves 'south of the border', with both Mother's Day and a Wedding Anniversary to celebrate, we thought we'd give ourselves a treat. It just...
The Potager: History, Art & Influence….
First to my regulars....sorry....its been frantically busy and sometimes I just don't get a moment to take the photographs that accompany these posts! There have been lovely garden visits from various groups and an over-subscribed Kitchen Gardening Day; to a...
Anzac garlic…
Once again, I made Anzac Day (or at least the weekend) my marker for the latest moment to plant the year's garlic crop. Fortunately, there is still plenty of last season's going strong and I was able to select the largest cloves from the biggest heads. Hopefully...
Blue Mountain visit….
On Saturday I thought I'd give myself a day out! Persuaded by one of our regular Kitchen Gardening participants who lost much of her garden on that fateful weekend of bush fires last year, I made my way up to the Mount Wilson Autumn Festival. And what a treat it...
Easter delights….
Easter saw us savouring some of the late summer produce still lingering at Glenmore.... A combination of late zucchini and black cherry tomato await fragrant aromatic broth to be poured into the bowl..... And aubergine with bocconcini, sorrel pistou and quail...