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This season I’ve been working on a progressive pickle process, because that’s how it needs to be done around here, if we want pickles aplenty come winter. Pickles – specifically, cucumber pickles – are very important in our house. They go with, and ontop of, many meals and snacks, and are a blessing in their…

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New Year’s Eve may traditionally call for downing a tipple or two (or three… or four) but we think these seven non-alcoholic brews are a better way to usher in the new year.

Originating in Mexico, tepache is made by fermenting pineapple skins. We bring you a sweet yet refreshing pineapple tepache recipe.

If you grow hardneck garlic, you’ll end up with scapes in late Spring/early Summer (full info here). A simple way to preserve them is to freeze them, viz: Step 1: First, cut them up roughly. Step 2: Put them in ...

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Chickweed is a mild, sweet, subtly ‘green’ and is an excellent bulk filler for dishes like weed pies, creamy green soups and for this chickweed pakoras recipe. Winter can feel like a bleak, barren time in nature and many gardeners find slim pickings from the patch as we wait for our winter vegies to sweeten with […]

High in fibre and nutrients, this bitter greens pesto recipe can help aid in digestion. 

We show you how to preserve garlic to get the most out of your garlic harvest.