SARAH THE GARDENER
Real Gardening in my Real Garden
Category: COOKING
Sweet Chilli Goodness
I don’t know about you but I needed a break from all that heavy sciency stuff. You should see what I have been looking into for us next! I do have to say it has been a great distraction from…
Read MoreNew cordial from old strawberries
It might sound sacrilegious this early in the season, but I found myself with a rather large bowl of strawberries in the back of the fridge. I had harvested a mountain of berries before heading out for the evening and…
Read MoreInauthentic Kimchi
February has mostly been kind so far, the days that have been hot and sunny have not disappointed and have been proper summer hot and sunny. We just won’t talk about the other days… But things in the garden…
Read MoreMarrow Chips
Is that even a thing? Well it is now, especially in our house as I crunch my way through a bowl of deliciousness. With the holidays behind us and routine returning to normal, much to our surprise the sun decided…
Read MoreHot buttered toast with a good blob of Black Currant Jam
A lot of things are demanding my attention in the garden at the moment as the festive season neglect is slowly coming to an end. I’m torn between doing a systematic overhaul one bed at a time so the garden…
Read MoreFake it until you make it
There was a break in the weather, so I decided to crack on regardless of the muddy, floody grass around the garden. The raised beds themselves had drained nicely, so the soil structure around the garden just had to take…
Read MoreI tried to make marshmallow – the old school way.
This is another of those weird and wonderful things that find their way into my odds and sods bed. I spotted the seeds in a catalogue last winter. It seems like such a long time ago now, but I remember…
Read MoreThe tomatoes were the star of the show
Tonight’s meal was another fabulous offering, straight from the garden, but created especially for the seasonal delicacies by the lovely Warren Elwin for Bite magazine in the New Zealand Herald and inspired by what is going on in my garden. …
Read MoreReaping what has been sown.
My recent article in Bite, the fabulous foodie section of the NZ Herald came with a wonderful accompaniment, a collection of recipes to complement what is being harvested in my garden. Each one was a mouth-watering wonder and it only made…
Read MoreI grew Tomatillos – Now what?
Sometimes you see something in a catalogue, that piques your curiosity and you have a wee corner in the garden with no real plans for, or can do a bit of strategic rearranging to make it fit. Often it is…
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