Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Special Events
When Sydney-based photographer Luisa Brimble contacted me and came to visit earlier this year….she had stars in her eyes and an event on her mind. That it would turn into the first ever Australian Kinfolk Dinner, with Kinfolk Magaazine founder & co-owner...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Special Events
Sorting mementos from the garden, for the Kinfolk Dinner: Sunflower seed, nigella pods, poppy & sorrel seed, rosemary, lavender and the leaf of a rose-scented pelargonium. Little parcels of the Garden at Glenmore, for guests to take home…to treasure, to sow,...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Special Events
And the sun is shining for the first time in more than a week! It’s going to be a busy day ahead….
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
Given the crazy weather we’ve been experiencing of late, the pickings in the garden are a little lean. But its still a thrill to pick a posy of leaves and flowers to contribute towards a leaf salad. Land cress, coloured chard & sorrel, nasturtium &...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
November….the month that marks the cusp of seasonal change. It’s the time we farewell the ‘prettiness’ of early spring. The blossom is long gone, fallen to the ground, baked in the hot sun, then thankfully, washed away by a welcome downpour...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Seasonal Cooking
Although the rain arrived later than predicted with us, I still managed (with the help of some delightful young friends), to turn those baskets of Seville oranges into a vast quantity of delicious marmalade…..(another batch here, ready for skimming, bubbles away...
