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‘Tickling the Taties’
This was Mum’s first experience growing potatoes, and now she wishes she had done so earlier. This all came about when some potatoes in Mum’s pantry started to sprout shoots and she decided to put them to good use. Mum put the sprouting potatoes aside in the garage for a week to let the sprouts […]
Posted in Gardening, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, Tips and Tricks, Vegetables
Edible Plants in Mum’s Garden and in My Garden
MUM’S GARDEN HAS: Courgettes, silverbeet, New Zealand spinach, tomatoes, rhubarb, artichoke, grapes, radishes, strawberries, basil, sage, mint, rosemary, parsley, flat-leafed parsley, coriander, lemon balm, yellow pepper, chillis, potatoes, beans, edamame beans, rocket, and lettuce. One of the lettuce varieties is called ‘Drunken Woman’. The leaf is bright green and the edges are frilly […]
Posted in Fruits, Gardening, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, Vegetables
Mum’s Tomato Competition
Mum’s Tomato Competition She did it! – Mum had ripe tomatoes before Christmas. And by doing so, she has achieved something special as this is the first time she has reached this goal. Rightly so, she is very pleased with herself. After all this time I had no idea that this is an annual […]
Posted in Fruits, Gardening, Pot Luck (miscellaneous), Vegetables
Edamame Beans, (and how to cook them in pods)
I bought these plants at the Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Market in late October. I was thrilled to find them as I had been wanting to try growing them for sometime, but hadn’t been able to get them anywhere. http://www.hawkesbayfarmersmarket.co.nz/ In a previous blog “Spring Farmers’ Market” I mentioned buying the Edamame bean plants and the […]
Raspberry Picking 2013
Raspberry pick Number 1 : the day before Christmas (the mad rush) Mum’s alarm went off at 5.50 am. I didn’t hear a thing. Mum thought I would have and I am woken by her standing at my bedroom door saying “aren’t you coming raspberry picking?” I grabbed whatever clothes I could find in […]
Posted in Fruits, Gardening, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
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