Well it is hotting up and what better way to cool down than fresh curries and spicy soups! It seems crazy, when you just feel like putting your head in the freezer, but spicy food originates from the hottest places in the world, like India, Thailand and Indonesia and it cools you down; this is…
Month: September 2013
A change of Season
Change is here, the full moon has just passed and today is equinox- the sun has passed the equator and is heading towards us, to pass over us at 90 degrees in a couple of months and then to our South. Well we have all felt this, over the last couple of weeks it has…
Food Rules!
It is all very well writing about growing local food and wasting less and posting some delicious recipes and growing tips, but sometimes it is great to step back and be reminded of why we are doing it and why it makes so much difference and is really important to make great food choices (and have…
New Produce fact sheets
Just to let you know if you go to the tab ‘Local Prodcue list’ There are some funky looking fact sheets looking like this being added in, just click on the produce you want to find more about… Slowly I will add more and more, starting with the wet season goodies. Please feel free to use…
What the Fruit?- Sour Gooseberries!
I came across these little fruits at Rapid Creek Market last week, and if there is anything I have never seen before (which is now less and less likely) I always get it and give it a try. This fruit is really sour and although I had ideas of making a pickle or jam, time…
10 Easy to grow wet season plants
While we are enjoying all the bountiful end of dry season climax of produce, we can plan forward to make the most of the rain to come and think about all that free rain and awesome growth… I made a little fact sheet about 10 great (easy to grow) plants for the wet season for…
Seasonal Salads in Healthy Darwin
So many great things growing through the dry season, but you can feel the heat building- and it makes me want to share the harvest of the dry season in delicious recipes before they start to wilt and droop and we swap over to the delights of the wet season. Once again I have been…
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