Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Guest Speakers
On the spur of the moment….while cutting more elderflower….I realised the garlic at my feet was ready to harvest! It just looked right. Soon the fresh smell of newly pulled garlic and damp earth filled the air, and the black soil yielded 130 beautiful...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Guest Speakers, Special Events
India Flint returns from an early morning forage around the creek and paddock: the magic is about to begin…. But first there is morning tea in front of the roaring fire (a new cake experiment – flourless apple, raisin, almond & ginger cake got the...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Guest Speakers
As the leaves begin to tarnish and deepen with autumn colour, the garden resembles India Flint’s ‘random windfall cloth’. There are only 3 spaces left for the Botanical Alchemy Workshop on Wednesday June 5. Be quick before its too...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Guest Speakers
It’s 3 weeks this weekend since I harvested the garlic and spread it out to dry under cover. A couple of days ago, I gathered it all up into a huge basket….and now it waits for a spare moment???!!!! to be bundled up & hung in a cool, dry spot....
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Seasonal Cooking, Guest Speakers, Special Events
Early on what was a VERY chilly Saturday morning, the delightful Stefano Manfredi took to my kitchen garden with baskets, a colander and a knife. And so the preparation for the day’s activities began… The last of this season’s Clementines were...
Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Guest Speakers
Actually, I really don’t think this is one of my best photos! It was scrumptious! Chicken studded with pomegranate seeds from our fruiting hedge (as well as grapes & mint) – it was completely bejewelled, in keeping with the day’s topic of...
