Incredible Edible Egg-Heads (and Vampires and Wooden Pegs)

  When Mum buys a packet of eggs, the first thing she does is to pencil the use-by date on the top of each egg before placing them in the egg tray in the refrigerator. When Mum and I arrived home after a supermarket shop, I ‘prettied’ these eggs up a bit by adding faces […]

Posted by Admin on March 2nd, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Pot Luck (miscellaneous)

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 by Admin on February 1st, 2014 | No Comments 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 by Admin on February 1st, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Fruits, Gardening, Pot Luck (miscellaneous), Vegetables