Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog
In praise of shutters…those early settlers and colonial architects knew a thing or two! I liken the days of heat at Glenmore to steering a ship through the seas, as I guide the house through the varying degrees and breezes of the day. I take great delight in...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
Those who have discovered me at a rare market, a seed swap, attended a Kitchen Gardening Day or perhaps one of my Garden Club or other talks will be familiar with this sight: indeed, you may even have your very own spectacular heads of leaf Amaranth, from which to...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
Whilst summer sees a great flush of fresh produce…. beans, corn, tomatoes, potatoes, zucchinis & aubergines coming in thick & fast, it’s also time to store the onions: pulled between Christmas & New Year, they’ve been drying on a wire rack in...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Seasonal Cooking
My absolute favourite, even if it does take hours to de-pip 3lb of fruit for one batch! The yield? Home storage only this time around, though I’m sure some will find its way into home made ice cream for visitors during the year…
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Seasonal Cooking
For she who harvests….the spoils! It’s rare that a home-grown cob of corn makes it to the kitchen whole. And anyway, who needs dinner on a hot summer’s eve?
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
Simple sunflowers….I place them high on my list of favourite things! However I know full well, that they are to sulphur-crested cockatoos, like a red rag to a bull! Which is why I can’t have them in the Kitchen Garden where I would so love to sow their seed,...
