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Pears are a fruit that I have enjoyed since my early childhood. When I’m entertaining or simply feel like indulging, an all time favourite sweet treat I enjoy is pears cooked in red wine. I am going to share with you the traditional recipe to cook at home.
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Mid-Winter at last! Not too long before the days start warming up again. While it is chilly outside the thought of venturing out into the garden may not be quite as alluring. However there is no time like the present to undertake the following gardening projects.
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Winter is the time to get your hands dirty and plant bare root stock. Bare root season commences in June when deciduous trees are in a dormant state due to the colder weather, and can survive out of the ground for a short period of time. Gardeners successfully establish many thousands of bare rooted plants every year. It can be a very efficient and economical way of planting deciduous trees and shrubs.
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Children’s gardens and associated activities allow for learning and expression of creativity. I’m into my second year of sharing the joys of gardening with fresh minds. In Autumn, I delivered two childrens’ gardening workshops in conjunction with Diaco’s Garden Nursery in Mornington.
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I was recently asked when is the best time to plants tomatoes. In Melbourne, it was traditionally always the week of the Melbourne Cup but many people including myself start planting tomatoes much earlier than Cup Day.
I’m going to share with you my Top 10 tips to growing lots of flavoursome tomatoes:
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Coriander is one herb that I love to cook with and its flavour teams up well with many other herbs and spices including garlic, ginger and chilli. I always have coriander growing in my herb garden and I’m going to share with you the secrets in successfully growing flavoursome lush green coriander.
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I’ve recently returned from a long Italian holiday and I’m finally getting back into the “Spring” of things. In Italy I was able to indulge on an abundance of fresh home grown and locally grown produce. Now is the perfect time to plant seedlings of spring / summer vegetables in your garden or even in pots.
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