Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
Branches of old-fashioned mandarins (need to embrace the pips but the fruit is so sweet!) off to the Flea Market at 18 Stewart Street Paddington, tomorrow Saturday 19 July 8am – noon and….to follow on from yesterday’s post, I have three only, and...
Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About, Kitchen Gardening, Seasonal Cooking
I plan to dig a mountain of Jerusalem artichokes tomorrow, to take to Sibella’s flea market on Saturday, along with my favourite recipe for Jerusalem artichoke soup. We joke that the letter ‘f’ should be placed before the word artichoke when...
Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About, Kitchen Gardening
Ah…..a new day, a new week, a new school term and focus returns! The week’s highlight for me is to prepare for Sibella Court’s pavement Flea Market this coming Saturday morning, 19 July, at The Society Inc. in Paddington. The notion of just what...
Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
I so love these colours of winter, when much is bare save green hedges and evergreen herbs, like rosemary and thyme, with the odd spike of lavender coming to the fore. Purple podded peas and deeply textured blue/green Tuscan kale are potent examples and make for...
Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
I sometimes wonder if I grow this group of frost loving winter veg to eat, or for their decorative appeal! I do know I like to keep their deeply veined, exquisite leaves of blue/grey and purple closely planted together to best enjoy the effect, but now I can’t...
Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
He’s running so late this year but finally….he crept in this morning, leaving patches of crispy white in the Kitchen Garden, while blanketing the lower paddocks. I was rather late with my camera (too cold for my poor fingers out there!), but I do love the...
