Monday, 7 July 2014
Winter is the smell of roasted chestnuts
Sunday, 30 June 2013
Spring 2013 workshops at Nirvana
BIO- DYNAMIC AGRICULTURE
BEYOND ORGANICS
Bring your garden to life.
A workshop to introduce the practical concepts of the biodynamic methods to farmers and gardeners.The Bio -Dynamic method is a modern organic method that creates a holistic approach to building healthy soil, plants animals and humans.The course covers history, concept of a living organism, soils, compost, special preparations that enhance nature and equipment required.
Sunday, September 22nd
8.30 am. -4.30 pm.$160
Early bird $150 before August 10th
Includes: notes, lunch, Membership of Adelaide Hills Biodynamic Group..
YEAR ROUND VEGETABLES FOR YOUR TABLE.
A workshop for those serious about growing vegies in your backyard and want to move beyond summer tomatoes and brought in seedlings and towards a more sustainable and satisfying system. A practical guide to establishing and maintaining a productive and healthy vegetable garden. Topics include design, soil improvement, tools, growing from seeds, seed saving, raising seedlings ,creating a seasonal planting guide, extending the season
Sunday, September 8th
9.00—4.30 $120
Early bird before August 10th $110
THE CRAFT OF COMPOSTING
Good quality compost is the key to successful gardening. This workshop explores the principles of composting, techniques, materials used and how they can be used most effectively, worm farms, liquid composts and mulching.
Sunday, September 15th
9.00 – 4.30 $120
Early Bird before August 10th $110
INTRODUCTION TO MOON PLANTING AND USING THE PLANTING CALENDAR
Working with the rhythms of nature can develop your skills in fine tuning your garden and can add a new dimension to your gardening experience.
Sunday, September 29th 9.00-12.30 $60
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ORGANIC FRUIT, NUTS & BERRIES.
Sunday, October 6tht
9.00 -12.30 $60
Practical guide to orcharding. Includes establishment, soils, ground covers, maintenance & pruning.
POULTRY KEEPING.
Sunday October 13th
9.00 pm – 12.30 $60
All you need to know about getting started with poultry. Includes selection, housing, feeding, breeding, pests.
WEAVING A BIT OF MAGIC
Sunday October 20th
9am – 4pm
$150
.The ideal way to recycle your garden prunings. This introduction to natural fibre weaving will show you the essential techniques, suitable plants & other materials to make baskets, fences, or trellises.
Course includes all materials, lunch, morning & afternoon tea.
All courses are held at NIRVANA ORGANIC FARM
184 LONGWOOD ROAD, HEATHFIELD
UBD 157:G7. Exit from SE Freeway at Stirling, turn right at roundabout & travel 3.5 km.
The courses are practical, ‘hands on’ conducted by experienced biodynamic/organic farmers, Deb & Quentin. Their successful small holding has been run under BIO-DYNAMIC principles since 1983.
The 4.5 ha property provides the ideal classroom filled with practical examples of how goals can be achieved & gives inspiration into this GARDEN QUALITY FARMING to both gardeners & farmers alike.
FOR BOOKINGS & FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
DEB OR QUENTIN PHONE/ (08) 8339 2519 nirvanafarm@gmail.com
Saturday, 24 November 2012
What’s Happening in Adelaide Today?
Well a lot of us are relaxing watching the cricket from the Adelaide cricket ground. Australia v South Africa 2012 test series.
Lots of folks are at the beaches or starting to celebrate the festive season with friends.
Some of us are stocking up on goods from many of our local farmer’s markets.
A friend has been making rich dark fruitcakes to share with family and friends and I am gathering ingredients to make my easy boiled in a bowl Christmas pudding which I have made for years. This is also a great recipe for young cooks to stir together ready for adults to then cook.
Jacaranda trees colour the Adelaide suburbs with their magnificent purple blooms. Many residents tie huge purple bows around the massive jacaranda trees to decorate the trees ready for street parties with neighbours.
Gardeners are still planting up their Mediterranean summer veggie gardens, tomatoes, corn, basil, zucchinis, eggplant, cucumbers, lettuce and lots more greens.
This year we still have lots of lemons and now baby figs and grapes on the trees.
Our Mulberries and loquats have just finished but I have seen an old English mulberry tree in Unley which still has fruit.
It is very hot today over 30 degrees Celsius.
Well siesta time now for some, enjoy your weekend and your festive season wherever you are.
I have made this easy Christmas pudding recipe for years ever since my Auntie Win gave it to me.
So it is really called Auntie Win’s Overnight Christmas Pudding. It is a light flavourful pudding and is great eaten cold the next day. Lots of Adelaide folks dry their own fruits so this would be a great recipe for them.
Ingredients
1 375 gram pkt of Mixed Dried Fruit
1 cup of water
1/4 cup of sherry or rum or brandy
Mix the above ingredients together and stand all day.
Then add
1 cup of freshly made breadcrumbs
1 cup of Self Raising Flour
1 teaspoon of mixed spice
2 tablespoons of melted butter
1 small teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
1 tablespoon of honey or golden syrup
1 or 2 beaten eggs
Mix well .
Spoon into a greased pudding basin.
Cover with buttered greaseproof paper.
Cover with aluminium foil.
Tie these around the lip of the bowl with cotton string.
Leave to stand in the refrigerator overnight.
Next day boil the pudding for 3 hours in a pan with boiling water and a lid.
Remove from the pan, allow to stand for 15 minutes, turn pudding onto a plate and serve with custard, cream and seasonal berries.
This pudding keeps for months in the refrigerator or it can be frozen.
The original recipe had 1 cup of sugar which I leave out. Dried fruit, honey and sherry add ample sugar. I usually multiply the recipe by 4 to make 4 puddings and I substitute 1 375 gram pkt currants for the mixed fruit. Dried black currants add a wonderful flavour and richness.
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
HEATHFEILD PRODUCE SHARE
An opportunity for our Heathfield community to come together to share surplus home grown or homemade produce.
3rd Saturday of the month from 3pm – 4pm
at
Nirvana Organic Farm’s classroom
184 Longwood Rd Heathfield.
Dates and times may change according to seasonal conditions and community needs.
First swap OCTOBER 20th 2012
Fresh home grown fruit and vegetables
Herbs
Home Baked goods
Homemade jams and preserves
Plants, seeds, seedlings and cuttings
| Or just come along for a chat and a cuppa |
Run by local residents 
totally not for profit
no money changes hands
no cost, no strings attached
everyone welcome
People come to this with a spirit of generosity and community. All produce goes onto a communal table and then we can all take what we would like and what we think is a fair swap. No money is to be exchanged for goods. It’s not a barter system where x many of one thing is swapped for y many of another .Just sharing our surplus.
Bring along your own cup to share a chat over tea or coffee.
By swapping your home grown and homemade produce you will add variety to your diet, save money, reduce food miles, eat fresh local food, meet new people, catch up with old friends and gain knowledge about cooking and gardening.
Enquiries 83392519
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AT NIRVANA ORGANIC FARM AT HEATHFIELD
A position is available for a 12 month part-time internship which offers an opportunity to learn from 30 years biodynamic growing and small holding lifestyle in the Adelaide Hills.
2 days a week – negotiable times and days. Can be made of some ½ days (week days only) Times may vary depending on season and conditions. (this is farming which is not 9-5) There is no money exchange only skills and knowledge.
For more information on Nirvana Organic Farm http://nirvanaorganicfarm.blogspot.com.au
Application in writing by October 30th to:
Nirvana Farm 184 Longwood Rd, HEATHFIELD 5153
Further information Deb or Quentin 83392519 after dark, before 9pm.
BEYOND ORGANICS
Improve your soils water holding capacity.
A one day course to introduce the practical concepts of the biodynamic methods to farmers and gardeners.
The Bio -Dynamic method is a modern organic method that creates a holistic approach to building healthy soil, plants animals and humans.
The course covers history, concept of a living organism, soils, compost, special preparations that enhance nature and equipment required.
Sunday, Sept 23rd 2012.
8.30 am. -4.30 pm.
Cost: $140
Includes: notes, lunch, Membership of Adelaide Hills Biodynamic Group..
COMPOSTING AND MULCHING
Sunday, October 7th
9.00 - 12 30 $50
Principles of composting and mulching, techniques and materials used and how they can be used most effectively on your garden or farm.
ORGANIC VEGETABLES FOR YOUR TABLE
Sunday, September 30th
9.00—12.30 $50
Practical guide to establishing and maintaining a productive and healthy
vegetable garden.
INTRODUCTION TO MOON PLANTING AND USING THE PLANTING CALENDAR
Sunday, October 14th 9.00-12.30 $50
Working with the rhythms of nature can develop your skills in fine tuning your garden and can add a new dimension to your gardening experience.
ORGANIC FRUIT, NUTS & BERRIES.
Sunday, October 21st
9.00 -12.30 $50
Practical guide to orcharding. Includes establishment, soils, ground covers, maintenance & pruning.
POULTRY KEEPING.
Sunday October 28th
9.00 pm – 12.30 $50
All you need to know about getting started with poultry. Includes selection, housing, feeding, breeding, pests.
WEAVING A BIT OF MAGIC
Sunday November 4th
9am – 4pm
$140
.The ideal way to recycle your garden prunings. This introduction to natural fibre weaving will show you the essential techniques, suitable plants & other materials to make baskets, fences, or trellises.
Course includes all materials, lunch, morning & afternoon tea.
.GUIDED FARM TOURS
Book your own tour anytime
An ideal opportunity to gain an insight into a successfully run biodynamic farm .This Garden Quality Farm demonstrates an integrated system incorporating orchards, poultry, native habitat & wetlands, home food production & hardy cottage gardens all rolled into a unique lifestyle.
minimum charge $60 for up to 5 persons
extra’s @ $12/ head)
SCHOOLS; Secondary $8 Student with 1 adult/15 student’s Primary $7 Student with 1 adult/10 students
CLUBS & GROUPS; 15 + @ $10/ head
| WORKSHOPS Held at Nirvana Organic Farm 184 Longwood Road Heathfield Phone 83392519 Practical, ‘hands on’ courses conducted by experienced biodynamic/organic farmers, Deb and Quentin. Their successful small holding, which has been run organically/Bio-Dynamically since 1983. National winner of the Organic Federation of Australia Awards of Excellence as the leading Organic Educator
The 4.5 ha property provides the ideal classroom filled with practical examples of how goals can be achieved and gives inspiration into this GARDEN QUALITY FARMING for both gardeners and farmers alike. Courses are aimed to maximise opportunities for participation and discussion. The number of participants will be limited so you will need to enrol ASAP |
Friday, 20 January 2012
ATG Table of Moveable Feasts
One of my favourite recipe books this summer is the ATG (Ad Terrae Gloriam – Glory to the Earth) Table of Moveable Feasts, the best recipes from 30,000 ATG picnics.
Here is a link to ATG and the cookbook Table of Moveable Feasts.
I love this book purchased from a local op shop for $2 obviously donated by a non gardener, non cook!
No proper cook would dare to part with it. It is full of lovely fresh salads to please all.
The recipes are simply prepared, transportable if necessary and include basic ingredients one has in the pantry.
My salad choice to make today from this book is Carpaccio di Zucchini.
Why ? because we have some beautiful young yellow zucchinis which yell to me just eat us RAW!
You simply slice the zucchini very thinly lengthways sprinkle it with salt, pepper, olive oil and parmesan cheese shavings. Repeat the process with another layer of the above ingredients then chill the salad for 1 to 2 hours.
Place the zucchini in curls on a plate with the marinade and extra parmesan shavings.
Serve with crusty bread, a fresh tomato and basil salad or smoked fish.
How easy is that!
At the moment we are picking cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchinis, grapes, pepinos, all our amazing herbs plus the summer favourite sweet basil.
I have so much basil I am using it as a green vegetable and just adding handfuls to Italian casseroles, Spanish rice dishes, pizzas and of course garden fresh gazpacho.
Enjoy your summer gardens and stay cool or if you live in the Northern Hemisphere stay warm.
And Happy New Year to all our Chinese neighbours and friends.
Saturday, 10 September 2011
Colourful Spring Flower Salad
It is Spring here on the Adelaide Plains, there are flowers everywhere and trees are bursting with beautiful blossoms.
We are still having lots of rain and it is cold at night so our Kale is still growing well and the lemon tree is bursting with large juicy lemons.
The cows, sheep and goats in the paddocks near us are enjoying munching away on lush green pastures.
Nasturtiums are making a colourful display in the garden. Eating nasturtiums helps prevent hay fever as well as making a colourful tasty salad.
Borage flowers, pineapple sage flowers, garlic chive flowers, brassica flowers and calendula petals are all edible flowers. With all these gorgeous colours I am sure they all contain wonderful healing properties.
When you let your herbs and veggies go to seed they just reappear next year and the joy of fresh seasonal produce is a pure delight.
September is a lovely month here in Adelaide, check out the Australian Open Garden Scheme if you want to visit some amazing gardens.
Happy Gardening and enjoy your greens and flowers.
Monday, 5 September 2011
Thursday, 1 September 2011
World Kitchen Garden Day 2011 at Glandore Community Garden
Last Sunday we all gathered at the beautiful Glandore Community Garden for an enjoyable World Kitchen Garden Day afternoon.
When we arrived plot holders were busy working in their plots.
Harry was busy working on the wood fired pizza oven which will be is going to have a mosaic added soon.
Everyone chatted about what excess produce they had bought along as well as something they had cooked from their country of origin.
Produce to share included Lebanese cress, bunches of coriander, Jerusalem artichokes, lima bean seeds, plum jams, chilli jams, lemons, fennel, chillies and a lot of different potted up plants.
There were lots of seeds to share and a favourite seed we saved this year was chervil which is a lovely herb we are picking at the moment.
We had an apple amaranth cake from Argentina, Indian Spinach and onion fritters, Irish pumpkin dip, German lemon cake, Middle eastern Humus, French Cheese and Biscuits, German raspberry muffins, Spicy Orange Muffins and an Aussie multicultural creation of brightly coloured Nasturtium flowers filled with humus and topped with sweet chilli jam.
Daniel (from Gardening Australia fame) told us all about an Orchid show he had just entered in and his Mum said he was being very modest and had won 2nd prize in his Category.
Thank you everyone who came and shared their knowledge, kitchen garden food and kitchen garden produce with us.
We look forward to World Kitchen Garden Day 2011.
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Spring workshops at Nirvana
INTRODUCTION TO BIODYNAMIC METHODS
Sunday, September 18th 8.30am – 4.30pm $120
One day course to introduce the practical concepts of the biodynamic methods to farmers & gardeners. The biodynamic method is a modern organic approach that creates a holistic approach to building healthy soil, plants, animals & humans. Includes notes, biodynamic preparations, lunch & teas.
VEGETABLES FOR YOUR TABLE.
Sunday, October 2nd 9.00 -12.30 $50
Practical guide to establishing & maintaining a productive & healthy vegetable garden. Our climate offers many opportunities to grow food for your table all year round. Discover what plants to grow, and when. Practical tips & ideas.
COMPOSTING & MULCHING
Sunday, October 9th 9.00 -12.30 $50
Reduce water use by learning the principles of composting & mulching, techniques & materials used & how they can be used most effectively on your garden or farm.
INTRODUCTION TO MOON PLANTING AND USING THE PLANTING CALENDAR
Sunday, October 16th 9.00 -12.30 $50
Working with the rhythms of nature can develop your skills in fine tuning your garden and can add a new dimension to your gardening experience.
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ORGANIC FRUIT, NUTS & BERRIES
Sunday, October 23rd 9.00 -12.30 pm. $50
Practical guide to growing fruits, nuts & berries. Establishing, maintenance, ground covers, soils.
POULTRY KEEPING
Sunday October 30th 9.00 – 12 30 $50
All you need to know about getting started with poultry. Includes breed selection, housing, feeding, breeding, pests.
WEAVING A BIT OF MAGIC
Sunday, November 6th 9am 4pm $120
The ideal way to recycle your garden prunings .A introduction to natural fibre weaving. Includes techniques, suitable plants & other materials to make baskets, fences & trellises. Includes all materials, lunch & teas.
All courses are held at NIRVANA ORGANIC FARM
184 LONGWOOD ROAD, HEATHFIELD
UBD 157:G7. Exit from SE Freeway at Stirling, turn right at roundabout & travel 3.5 km.
The courses are practical, ‘hands on’ conducted by experienced biodynamic/organic farmers, Deb & Quentin. Their successful small holding has been run under BIO-DYNAMIC principles since 1983.
The 4.5 ha property provides the ideal classroom filled with practical examples of how goals can be achieved & gives inspiration into this GARDEN QUALITY FARMING to both gardeners & farmers alike.
FOR BOOKINGS & FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
DEB OR QUENTIN PHONE/ (08) 8339 2519 nirvanafarm@gmail.com
Sunday, 24 July 2011
Friday, 15 July 2011
World Kitchen Garden Day
World Kitchen Garden Day is an annual, decentralized celebration of food produced on a human-scale. It is recognized each year on the 4th Sunday of August. It is an opportunity for people around the world to gather in their gardens with friends, family, and members of their local community to celebrate the multiple pleasures and benefits of home-grown, hand-made foods.
Here is the logo.... when you organise a get together you can download it and use it to attract attention.
Activities:
How people celebrate International Kitchen Garden Day and with whom is up to them. Some choose to do so in public ways with large gatherings of friends and neighbours, whereas others opt for a more intimate celebration with close family. Here are a few ideas for some activities you might consider organizing depending on the level of involvement you would like to have:
-a walking tour of gardens in your area
-a kitchen garden or local agriculture potluck
-a kitchen garden taste-test
-a harvest or planting party
-a benefit for a local food/gardening charity
-a kitchen garden "teach in"
-a single food theme party
-an activity at a local farm
-etc
See what they are organising in India at Urban Leaves ....
where this young lad was worried about his pet snail eating his spinach leaves, at a recent celebration in the garden!
You can watch the video and read more here
Sunday, 5 June 2011
If only every Suburb had a Community Garden and a Kitchen Gardeners Swap Meet.
Many people today are striving hard to fit into today's culture.
Many of us vegetable gardeners feel a little out of place at social gatherings. We would much prefer to be in our gardens, pruning, planting, weeding, picking or preserving our produce.
Our to do list is endless, sorting seeds, making sauerkraut, pickling olives, transplanting seedlings, propagating cuttings and there is always pruning to be done.
I meet very few gardeners who are not keen to talk about what they have been growing or how the weather is affecting their garden.
So we have this group of home gardeners who meet together every few months and we always have a good time.
When we meet to swap seeds, excess produce and ideas, we also share part of our lives with each other.
We may meet for just a couple of hours but friendships are formed, phone numbers exchanged and the promises are made to share produce as it ripens and matures.
Someone has chokos to share, someone else has excess chillies, another has apples and firewood, the list goes on and on.
Cuttings and prunings, excess seedlings, potted plants are brought and given away.
Cuttings of herbs, curry leaves and berries, ginger, galangal, lemongrass and cardamom plants are divided and shared.
Variety is being added to people's gardens, new plants and ideas are being introduced.
People are taking things home to grow, things they had never heard about before. New flavours are introduced and as people try new things and use them at home, their palates change and they look forward to trying new and interesting plants.
And so for a few short hours people are introduced to new things, new ideas and new challenges.
If we lived in any rural area in any other country it would be a natural thing to save seeds and share with neighbours. But in Australia the majority of people are buying their fruit and veggies from large supermarkets or fruit stores. These unknown, mass farms are often using many harmful chemical sprays and fertilizers to achieve a perfect looking product, which looks good but lacks the flavour and nutritional value of organically grown produce.
Our priorities in life should be healthy pure rain water, fresh clean air, viable seed, local, organically grown food and a healthy lifestyle.
A lifestyle which includes rest and relaxation, time to spend with others, time to share a simple meal or wander around a friend's garden.
When you live in a city you see people constantly rushing around, driving children from one paid activity to another. Children who have been in child care all day are seen throwing tantrums in shopping malls and supermarkets as their hassled parents fill supermarket trollies with chemical laden foods, coloured beverages and other sugar laden sauces, cereals, sweets and cookies.
I guess I am just getting to be a grumpy old granny, but to those of us who grew up in the forties or fifties we remember a much different world.
Most families grew their own vegetables, had chickens for eggs and chicken for a special occasion.
There was no television, people sat and chatted about their day, listened to the radio or read books, played cards or board games.
All the neighbourhood children played cricket on the road, there were fewer cars and people rode their bikes, walked or caught public transport.
Anyone remember going to work in an old steam train?
I did. I caught the train from Liverpool Station to Central station in Sydney. A group of us teenagers met in the same compartment each day and played cards or just chatted.
Now the people I see walking the streets are plugged into their iphones or ipods and don't even look at anyone.
Time is money now, so people rush everywhere, drive like maniacs and have no concern for anyone but themselves.
So it is with great pleasure that I look forward to when our garden group meets again.
Our dream would be for every suburb to have a Community Garden and every Community Garden to have such groups meeting several times a year.
Saturday, 28 May 2011
Brilliantly Coloured Autumn Fruits and Leaves on the Adelaide Plains
It is Autumn in Adelaide South Australia, nearly winter.
Here are some of the gorgeous coloured fruits we are enjoying at the moment.
Soft juicy beautiful flavoured persimmons we bought at the last Rare Fruit Society meeting.
Beautiful mauve and purple lilly pillys we forage from local trees. They are large and juicy and we love eating them straight from the trees.
The last of our excel figs not as sweet as they were a month ago but still yummy.
Beautiful jewel red pomegranate seeds just from our tree. Once again we just love these seeds.
Peoples citrus trees are covered with mandarins, oranges, grapefruit and lemons almost ready to eat and make delicious marmalades from.
As we take Niki and our grandson for walks it is wonderful to see brilliant trees covered with vibrant yellow, orange and golden leaves, red and purple coloured vines, rainbow coloured flowers and bushes, bright yellow and pale pink roses and bright green grass after the wonderful rain we have had.
Autumn leaves are being raked and thrown under bushes for mulch or added to compost heaps.
There are loads of birds around I guess they come down from the Adelaide Hills which are 5 minutes drive away but heaps cooler than here on the plains.
Our winter green garden is starting to produce Asian greens, rapa and all the wonderful herbs we add to our meals.
We still have capsicums and chillies ripening, lovely bunches of parsley and rocket.
No longer am I sad that tomatoes have disappeared because Autumn and winter has replaced them with exquisite flavours, new recipes to try and enjoy.
Monday, 9 May 2011
Kookaburra in our Liquid Amber Tree
Yesterday there was a choir of kookaburras in a nearby tree laughing their heads off.
By the time we got our camera out they were silent and flew off except for one lone kookaburra who sat silent in our aged liquid amber tree, just pondering and enjoying the moment, on a quiet sunny autumn afternoon in Adelaide.
Sunday, 8 May 2011
Sunningdale Farm Open Day Today - Australia’s Open Garden Scheme
Sunningdale Farm is open today as part of South Australia's Open Garden Scheme. Mosquito Hill Rd, Mount Compass
10am-4.30pm. $6.00
It is a lovely drive to Mt Compass and a lovely organic farm to visit.
Kate visited Sunningdale Farm open day in 2007, here is what she wrote -
SUNNINGDALE FARM
Anne Duguid is a gardener after my own heart. Plants are allowed to come up and grow where they like and vegs and flowers co-exist happily together, making a carpet of intricate detail and fascination at every turn. The house is on a rise and is surrounded by a ring of garden so that every door of the house opens onto vegetables, herbs and flowers. They include such companion plants as parsley, yarrow, tansy, coreopsis, fever few, cosmos, leeks and buddleias which attract ladybirds, lacewings, hoverflies, beetles, wasps, bees etc.
Beyond the house are 190 rolling acres of organic / biodynamic vealer calves. Beyond this you can see the Murray and the lakes. Picturesque is inadequate to describe the property. The drive in is through scrub in which they have identified 45 varieties of birds. There is a trail mown through the bush for walking and, after the recent rains, everything is lush and green . Anne is a lovely person and very welcoming. Together with her husband Phil they run the property. If they have another open day I would suggest you go and soak it up.
The drive to Mt Compass via Hahndorf is beautiful after the rain and there are great venison hamburgers to be had at a cafe in Mt Compass ! A lovely mothers' day.
Chaiselongue from the blog Olives & Artichokes has a good post 'Why do we garden?'. Check it out.
Happy Autumn Gardening and Happy Mothers Day.
Maggie
Labels: Biodynamics, Food for health, Garden, Visits
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Goodbye Tomatoes, see you next Summer!
With only a few tomatoes left on our vines it is hard to say goodbye to fresh home grown tomatoes until next summer.
Here are a few pictures of some of our favourite tomatoes, Black Krim self seeded, Eva Purple Ball from select organic seeds, tomato Riesentraube from Eden seeds, Pomodoro Red Cherry from Franchi seeds.
We also had lots of other self sown tomatoes appear in our garden. We have 5 underground worm farms throughout our veggie patch.
All our veggie scraps and some paper scraps go on these bins and the red wrigglers happily munch away. One a year when the worm farm (which is a large bucket with holes) is getting full we extract the worm castings. Then we dig the castings into the earth just before planting. So a lot of seed is spread through out the garden as we do this. But that is another story.
Back to tomatoes, we have had delicious tasty tomatoes with each meal for months but soon it will be time to pull out the vines to make room for winter greens.
We have lots of Asian greens, rapa, mustard greens, spring onions and broccoli seedlings to plant out.
At the moment we are still having lovely sunny Autumn days and mild evenings but I guess winter is coming soon.
Here are some more meals we prepared using tomatoes and fresh basil this summer.
Bruschetta with mozzarella and olives, Spanish Chicken casserole with chillies and cherry tomatoes
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