Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
A year ago today, I began this blog. Funnily enough, today’s weather is remarkably similar to that cold, grey day …
Tag Archives: chillies
‘My’ Infamous Roast Tomato Chutney Recipe
It just so happens I was discussing the law of easements the other day, and I began to think the …
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’
On days when the temperature is set to soar into the high 30s and then past 40, I get up …
Off the Beaten Track – Otway Herbs Nursery & Cottage Gardens
Each summer we (amongst many others) make a pilgrimage to the south-west coast of Victoria, for a hearty dose of …
The Little Satsuma Plum That Could
This is a tale about a little Satsuma Plum tree with a lot of moxie. Only two and a half …
The Heat is On …
The handy guy, or Stefan, as he’s otherwise known, has a penchant for chillies. While last summer he kept referring …
A Man of Mettle – Ben’s Nettle Soup Recipe
Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it …
The Art of the Garden at Heronswood
A week or so ago, during what might become known as Melbourne’s ‘windy period’, when it seemed like we’d never …
Russell’s Jalapenos in Brine
As this was the first time I had made a genuine pickling brine, as opposed to using water and salt …
