Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Seasonal Cooking
I thought it really too much for anyone’s good diet to enjoy cake at morning tea when baking cakes was the agenda for the day….with the inevitable result of many cakes on hand for afternoon tea! And so the figs presented themselves as a totally scrummy (as...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
and flowering ginger, buckets of tomatoes, fat zucchinis, ripe capsicums, late cucumbers, hefty aubergines & plump figs – all the ingredients needed for last Friday’s lunch at Baking Cakes! (And we were only gone for the blink of an eye!).
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About
The Theatre of Ideas afternoon was followed by a very special visit to the much loved garden of the late Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, at Cruden Farm. What great joy to see a garden that has evolved over a lifetime…..gradually….of planting, learning, nurturing...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About, Delightful Discoveries
So….to the reason for my lack of posts last week: a sneaky quick trip to Melbourne to listen to 3 inspiring speakers at the Theatre of Ideas, during Melbourne’s Food & Wine Festival.Hosted by the dynamic Jill Dupleix; I was...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
I so enjoy the fragile shell-pink petals against the sturdy iron-bark slabs of the potting shed. Any blooms produced by this rose in the autumn are truly a bonus and greatly cherished. Unlike spring when there are dozens, a single out-of-season bloom is utterly...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
Hanging like Christmas baubles….I wonder how long I can keep them going this year – June is my record!. The wet weather has been a challenge, with irregular watering causing fruit to split, leaves to yellow & attract fungal disease. But time spent...
