Friday, 1 December 2017

If I had to do it all again???

›
Lately my wife & I have been thinking of (reluctantly) moving out of the city to somewhere a little more rural. Which is a bitterswe...
3 comments:
Sunday, 10 September 2017

Citrus season roundup 2017

›
Coming into spring we are almost at an end of the Citrus fruiting season here in Auckland. Its been a season of mixed results but there h...
1 comment:
Monday, 3 July 2017

Cara Cara Imposter

›
Two years ago i brought a decent sized Cara-Cara Orange tree from a (won't name names) Garden centre. This year i waited for ci...
1 comment:
Sunday, 4 June 2017

New Season Lemons

›
With today being officially the first day of Winter, most people out there will despair being in the depths of deep, dark, winter hiber...
Tuesday, 18 April 2017

Taste Test: Meiwa Kumquat

›
I once read "a kumquat is ready to eat whenever you can bear to partake of it". They are rather sour little nuggets so you need...
3 comments:
Saturday, 1 April 2017

Whiskey Sours : A Classic Citrus Recipe.

›
Whiskey Sours, they ain't fancy, but that's a big part of its appeal. Because at the end of a long day you don't always f...
Tuesday, 28 March 2017

Fig Season is here!

›
Well the long awaited Fig season has arrived! It's a bit a of wild scene out there once the fruit start getting ripe and real battle...
2 comments:
Wednesday, 8 March 2017

Backyard Lavender Farm continued.....

›
   As you may have read here , in August we planted out a large portion of our back lawn with Lavender. Such a great decision and thi...
Wednesday, 22 February 2017

International Margarita Day

›
Happy International Margarita Day! Margaritas have to be my favourite cocktail. So much so that i have 9 Lime Trees planted in anticipat...
Sunday, 19 February 2017

Late Summer in the City.

›
If you ask any Aucklander, this Summer has been pretty awful with all the rain we've been having. The gardener in me however, has been p...
1 comment: