Sunday, 4 June 2017

New Season Lemons

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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

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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...
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Saturday, 1 April 2017

Whiskey Sours : A Classic Citrus Recipe.

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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!

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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...
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Wednesday, 8 March 2017

Backyard Lavender Farm continued.....

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   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

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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.

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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...
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Monday, 23 January 2017

My Darling Clementine.

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Of late, my wife Jennifer & I have been working our way through the recipes in my Jersusalem cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi . In on...
Tuesday, 10 January 2017

Pungas & Fernery.

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I have always loved the look of NZ native tree ferns. It is a plant that always reminds me of home here in New Zealand and its native b...
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