Comments for the kitchen garden

Comment on native pigeons by Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:29:19 +0000

Yes I love juniper berries in all sorts of things. I made roasted vegetable chips the other night and ground up juniper berries, black peppercorns and salt in a pestle and mortar to sprinkle over them.

Comment on native pigeons by Nicky

Nicky — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 02:44:08 +0000

The addition of juniper berries in your sauerkraut sounds really interesting – might try that. How lovely to have kereru visiting!

Comment on three indoor-gardening ideas for winter by Gardening Services Auckland

Gardening Services Auckland — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 07:50:00 +0000

What great ideas. I have never heard of oyster mushrooms before now. Way cool.

Comment on plant your garlic by Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 26 May 2012 21:57:57 +0000

Hi Helen, There’s some beautiful NZ garlic in the supermarkets at the moment. Pick the best heads you can find after a new delivery and don’t divide up the cloves until you’re ready to plant or they’ll dry out.

Rachel

Comment on plant your garlic by Helen

Helen — Sat, 26 May 2012 04:20:56 +0000

Rachel, can I use the cloves from NZ garlic bought in the store? I know the Chinese garlic is treated to no sprout but I think I heard that the NZ grown garlic is not?

Comment on sourdough bread and pizza by Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:45:31 +0000

Thanks David, I’ll add the timing to the recipe. Rachel

Comment on sourdough bread and pizza by David Laing

David Laing — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:12:13 +0000

Excellent blog! One comment on this recipe though. After the first 15 minutes in the oven, you don’t say how long to cook the loaf after reducing the heat. Fortunately, Google came to my rescue – River Cottage says another 25-30 minutes. They also recommend slashing the top of the loaf before cooking it – though that’s probably an appearance thing, rather than an essential technique.

Thanks for your work, I look forward to your columns every week.
Regards

Comment on fettle your strawberries by Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:35:53 +0000

Hi Nicky, they’re possibly very dry too. I found mine perked up significantly with a decent watering of seaweed tea. First time I’ve had to water this summer!

Comment on fettle your strawberries by nicky

nicky — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:38:51 +0000

thanks for the great advice Rachel – my strawberries are looking very neglected!

Comment on seven steps to prepare your tunnel house for winter by Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 05:40:13 +0000

Glad you’ve had winter success in your tunnel house. My cleaning techniques are fairly unsophisticated. Handy Andy solution in hot water in a bucket, applied with a scrubbing brush and plenty of elbow grease. Lichen comes off but still leaves a residue.