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The Kitchen Garden is open to the public one day this year on Sunday 7 November 2010, 10am-4pm, as part of the Ohariu Valley Garden Ramble. If you're signed up to receive these regular email updates from The Kitchen Garden, you're automatically in the draw for a pair of tickets to the event*. Forward this email to a friend and encourage them to … [Read more...]
The beast now has light guards. I had to collect them from the UK myself as Bolt on Bits has been burned by credit fraud often enough to desist from shipping parts across the world from its home base in Ilkley. The six guards were however light and resilient enough to squash into an overstuffed suitcase. When I left that suitcase at the King's … [Read more...]
Rocket is growing well at the moment so I used a rather liberal interpretation of the traditional ingredients of pesto for my home-made version. Sometimes I make coriander pesto too. The name comes from the Italian verb pestare to pound or crush. You too could become a rocket scientist in your own garden. Pesto is great spread on steaks wrapped … [Read more...]
Want some quick and easy crops to grow with your kids? Need to encourage your toddler to eat more veg? Stuck for space but want to introduce your child to edible gardening? Come and join 'The Yummy Mummy Club' at a talk I'm giving tonight at Johnsonville Community Centre at 7.30pm. Ten top crops for kids, seven edible flowers and a sample garden … [Read more...]
I grew mustard and cress on a windowsill as a child on a couple of sheets of kitchen towel. No self-respecting egg sandwich could do without the addition of a few spicy sprigs. Now 'microgreens' have become an essential garnish to meals at the best restaurants. Between sprouts and salad greens in size, you snip them off when they're little more … [Read more...]
The only day of sunshine in Wellington this week, it's appropriately arrived on 1 September. The October fresh food garden courses on Saturday 2 and 30 are booking up quickly. A number of people have bought places on the course as very successful gifts for friends and relatives. I'll send a gift voucher if you want to do the same. It's still … [Read more...]
