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Worcesterberries
The first thing that needs to be said about the Worcesterberry plant is that this is a vicious, thorny, beast, so make sure to wear a thick pair of gloves when picking berries or pruning because you can easily end up with more scratches than berries. The large, sharp thorns: The […]
Whole Artichokes with Lemon Butter Sauce
My own home-grown and organically grown, artichoke drenched in Lemon Butter Sauce, with side dishes containing extra lemon butter for dipping the petals in, and a finger bowl with lemon juice and water to rinse buttery fingers. Here are my artichokes! Their colouring is so very pretty with shades of aubergine, green, and […]
Posted in Appetizers, Snacks and Sides, Gardening, Savoury Sauces, Vegetables
First Fig Harvest
I guess it’s not technically a harvest, in the sense of a lot of fruit being gathered, but more of a small gain. Here is the fig ‘harvest’ on the plate, all two of them! We had waited for this moment for a long time: My friend had never ever tried figs before, […]
“Sweet Pepper Greek Golden”
Mum bought this plant in late October 2013 at the Hastings Farmers’ Market (which I have mentioned in the post titled “Spring Farmers’ Market”). What we want to know is why are these called Greek Golden? They are green, and a purply black, and a bright red (as seen in the photo) but at […]
Posted in Gardening, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, Vegetables
Blueberry Harvest
Blueberries picked on one day. This year has been the best ever blueberry season for us. We have three blueberry plants – two we don’t know the variety of, but we do know that one is called ‘Tasty Blue‘, but which one is it? We don’t know – the labels blew away and got […]
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