Because there's no shortage of cumquats in winter, we thought we'd share an oldie but a goodie - cumquat marmalade, with the added bonus of Our Special Tip for Easy Cumquat Preparation! Read article in: Winter week 10
Don't expect home-dried fruit to look like the store-bought stuff, and when you have a look at what's in the bought stuff, you'll probably agree that's a good thing! Read article in: Summer week 4
Plums are a wonderful fruit for preserving because they lend themselves to such a wide variety of methods: bottling, brandied, jam, dried, fruit leather, pickled, chutney, frozen, or plum wine. Fruit preserving will always cause some loss of n [...]
Part of the joy of growing your own fruit is being able to provide your family with healthy, home-grown food, even in the coldest days of winter. There are lots of different preserving techniques available, all with their own pros and cons, an [...]
This recipe for cobbler is one of our family favourites, because it’s easy to whip up fairly quickly, it uses fruit (which we always have available), and it has a moister topping than most cobbler recipes. It originally came from a recipe in t [...]
A little bit of preserved lemon goes a long way, but adds an incredible extra flavour to a dish. It’s often used in meat dishes, but here’s one of our favourites, that suits both vegetarians and vegans. Get the recipe in Winter - Week 9.
Healthy gardens thrive on biodiversity, which is just a fancy way of describing having a big variety of all living things in the garden – trees, shrubs, herbs, flowers, birds, insects and microbes. Plants we often call ‘weeds’ help to create b [...]
Apples have been grown for hundreds, if not thousands of years, and have long been valued as a source of nutrition and vitamins in winter. These days we can eat apples all year due to storage in coolstores using modern technology...but how wer [...]
Here's a quick and easy recipe for a delicious wheat-free peach cake. Yum! Get the recipe in Summer - Week 6.
This is one of our favourite summer desserts, and is one of those marvellous recipes that you can whip up in no time when visitors suddenly descend—they’ll be impressed both with your fruit growing and cooking prowess. Use your imagination, an [...]
