vegie patch

Adelaide Showground Farmers Market

Adelaide Showground Farmers Market

by Erin B on August 14, 2012

One of my favourite things to do on a Sunday morning is grab my trusty trolley and head to the Adelaide Showground Farmers Market. It has become an important ritual and each visit is a reminder of just how special eating seasonally can be. I have my secret parking space, my routine on arrival and [...]

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Red Chilli Pesto & Peggy Sue's Preserves Group

by Erin B on February 14, 2012

Hi Folks, If you follow me on Facebook you might have seen my post over the weekend about the first meeting of our preserves group. It was my friend Kelly’s fabulous idea and I can’t believe it took us this long to get started on something so lovely. Inspired by her brand new CWA Cookbook, [...]

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Hey Everyone, Well we’re at the second-best part of the raised bed building project – planting out (the best bit being the harvest!). As you saw in the last raised bed post, we created our own soil by building up layers of straw, compost and cow manure. I will continue to add to those layers [...]

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Hi Everyone, It has been a tough week as you might have gathered. One thing that has really helped keep me sane has been getting my garden ready for the warm weather and getting the new bed ready for planting. Last weekend we filled the bed with soil and over the last couple of days [...]

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Update from the garden

July 8, 2011

Despite the horribly dreary weather we’ve been experiencing of late here in Adelaide, things in the vegie patch are going well. There are violets covering the backyard and their precious perfume ever so subtly fragrances the garden. Violets are such great little plants they are tough, don’t need much in the way of attention, they [...]

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A bit about gardening under gum trees

June 4, 2011
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