Tastetour, 'springclean' & fresh-picked herb tea
in Tramstop22 foodgarden....
Meet
other friendly foodgarden fans,
learn to identify,
care for,
sustainably harvest & use
the gardens edible plants.
BYO gloves & waterbottle to help weed, plant & mulch
the garden for a yummy summer harvest
Everyone welcome - see you there :)
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Google Tiffany Eckhart song 'Zuccini Cake'
Victorian singer/songwriter Tiffany Eckhart jokes that no-one dares
leave their car unlocked in her little town at this time of year
because of the danger of finding it filled with local gardeners
excess zuccinis :)
like most gardeners, Tiffany hates to waste the fruits of her
gardening labour, so grates zucchini into salads & pasta,
roasts big ones stuffed with cooked grains, herbs & vegies
and loves her friends Chocolate Zuccini Cake recipe.
...which inspired her v cute song 'Zuccini Cake'
...so I had to smile today to see 2 large zuccini in the basket
of someones bike parked next to the garden
....and another 2 at the downhill entrance to the garden
hope they're well used by the lucky harvesters!
leave their car unlocked in her little town at this time of year
because of the danger of finding it filled with local gardeners
excess zuccinis :)
like most gardeners, Tiffany hates to waste the fruits of her
gardening labour, so grates zucchini into salads & pasta,
roasts big ones stuffed with cooked grains, herbs & vegies
and loves her friends Chocolate Zuccini Cake recipe.
...which inspired her v cute song 'Zuccini Cake'
...so I had to smile today to see 2 large zuccini in the basket
of someones bike parked next to the garden
....and another 2 at the downhill entrance to the garden
hope they're well used by the lucky harvesters!
next taste tour / recipe swap /autumn tidyup 4pm Sat 30th April
bring a thermos of hot water
to make fresh herb tea
from the garden
learn to identify,
care for, harvest and use
the garden's edible plants
for yummy simple dishes
(byo fave simple recipes)
join in the annual
autumn garden tidy-up
and broadbean-planting bonanza!
BYO garden gloves,
trowel, broadbean seeds
to make fresh herb tea
from the garden
learn to identify,
care for, harvest and use
the garden's edible plants
for yummy simple dishes
(byo fave simple recipes)
join in the annual
autumn garden tidy-up
and broadbean-planting bonanza!
BYO garden gloves,
trowel, broadbean seeds
lettuces, brocoletti, kale, bokchoi just planted: pls water!
howdy gardenmunchers
I popped in the above seedlings today
- please give them a drink when you pop by
as warmer days are forecast this week.
While tidying up the garden and repairing (sigh!)
the senselessly vandalised end trellis fence
today I discovered lots of mixed bean seeds
in some of the streetside beds so watch for them
to sprout over the coming months.
Happy Easter everyone!
I popped in the above seedlings today
- please give them a drink when you pop by
as warmer days are forecast this week.
While tidying up the garden and repairing (sigh!)
the senselessly vandalised end trellis fence
today I discovered lots of mixed bean seeds
in some of the streetside beds so watch for them
to sprout over the coming months.
Happy Easter everyone!
Sunday, March 6, 2011
great movie 'The Economics of Happiness'
see trailer: http://www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org/
all about local creativity, resilience, foodgrowing, sharing, fun...
all about local creativity, resilience, foodgrowing, sharing, fun...
Taste Tour & Recipe Swap 5pm Sunday 13th March
Taste the garden's edible autumn delights
Learn to identify, sustainably grow and harvest
the freshest, tastiest goodies straight from the garden.
Bring a thermos of hot water to make fresh-picked herb tea,
your favourite recipe for ingredients in the garden,
a punnet of edible leafy greens or herbs to plant
or a container of water give them a good start :)
See you there!!
Learn to identify, sustainably grow and harvest
the freshest, tastiest goodies straight from the garden.
Bring a thermos of hot water to make fresh-picked herb tea,
your favourite recipe for ingredients in the garden,
a punnet of edible leafy greens or herbs to plant
or a container of water give them a good start :)
See you there!!
note to potplant gardeners
When replacing nutrient-depleted potting mix, a great use for it
is layering it over foodscraps in worm farms or compost bins so it helps
create rejuvenated soil :).....wellkept wormfarms live happily in small
spaces or find friends with compost bins if space is an issue.
PLEASE DON'T put used potting mix straight onto the foodgarden
as this actually starts drawing nutrients out of the garden's carefully
nurtured soil and away from the plants that need it :(
is layering it over foodscraps in worm farms or compost bins so it helps
create rejuvenated soil :).....wellkept wormfarms live happily in small
spaces or find friends with compost bins if space is an issue.
PLEASE DON'T put used potting mix straight onto the foodgarden
as this actually starts drawing nutrients out of the garden's carefully
nurtured soil and away from the plants that need it :(
Monday, February 7, 2011
thanks for the lime tree David :)
Welcome to the gardens newest 'living fence' addition:
a dwarfing rootstock Tahitian Lime kindly donated by
neighbouring gardenfan David....look forward
to lovely juicy limes in a year or two!
a dwarfing rootstock Tahitian Lime kindly donated by
neighbouring gardenfan David....look forward
to lovely juicy limes in a year or two!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Annies Scrumptious Rocket Salad with cumquats, dates & shaved parmesan
(another exquisitely simple delicious salad - thanks Annie!)
Ingredients for 4 people:
5 cumquats
4 handfuls baby rocket
1/2 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves
2 Medjool dates, pitted and diced
1/4 cup Parmesan shavings (use a vegie peeler)
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Slice baby cumquats into thin rounds, discarding seeds.
2. Combine rocket, parsley, dates, kumquats and parmesan in large bowl.
3. Whisk together lemon juice & olive oil; season with salt and pepper.
4. Pour over salad and toss.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Sustainable Gardening Australia free gardening info
www.sgaonline.org.au
a wealth of fab organic foodgardening tips, seasonal and companion planting advice, free monthly foodgardening e-news subscription, info on local PODs (Productive, Organic, Diverse) gardening
groups.
a wealth of fab organic foodgardening tips, seasonal and companion planting advice, free monthly foodgardening e-news subscription, info on local PODs (Productive, Organic, Diverse) gardening
groups.
Wonbok / ChineseCabbage Salad (CabFab Salad)e
Planted some baby wonbok mid-Jan 2011....if the snails don't
munch it all, should be big enough to harvest a few outer leaves
at a time by late Feb/early March
Robblettes’s ‘cabfab’ (Chinese Cabbage/Wonbok) salad
(enjoyed this recently at a naturopath friend’s place – very wholesome & satisfying!)
Mix together in your preferred proportions/quantities:
Shredded wonbok (Chinese cabbage)
Grated fresh carrot & beetroot
Fresh mint & coriander
To top it all off : in a pan over low heat, gently toast a handful of
slivered almonds, pinenuts and
pepitas (pumpkin seeds –preferably organic)
Sprinkle over salad
For the dressing, mix white balsamic vinegar with a little grapeseed oil,
a smidgeon of toasted sesame oil
and a dash of tamari (gluten-free soy)
Mix everything and serve....scrumptious!
Sensationally Simple Salads using ingredients from T22 Foodgarden
What’s new? Fri 14.1.2011
Just planted more leafy greens (buttercrunch lettuce, mizuna, *wonbok/Chinese cabbage) and Brussels sprouts (which grow as one tall greygreen stem w Brussels sprouts clustered btwn leaves), so look for these ‘babies’ in the garden as they grow
Here's Sunday 9th Jan recipes using ingredients from the garden (in green) + one for tomato/curry leaf, green chillie salad from the lovely Helene (thanks H)
Watermelon Salad:
Harvest chives (cut a handful close to the ground so plants re-grow) rinse, chop, mix with torn mint leaves& chunks of chilled watermelon ..Yum!
Tabouleh Salad
Chop lots of parsley leaves, tomatoes & garlic chives
(or society garlic leaves) through cooled cooked quinoa
(glutenfree) or couscous. Add lemon or lime juice + your fave salad oil, mix and serve.
Helene's Tomato Salad with Curry Leaves
3 Tomatoes chopped
1/4 Cucumber peeled, de-seeded and chopped
1 Green Chilli de-seeded and finely sliced
5 Curry Leaves, fresh ~ finely sliced
Lemon Juice from one lemon
Pinch of salt
Garlic clove (optional) Bruised and crushed
(or try using garlic chives or society garlic leaves from the garden?)
1 good pinch (or to desired taste) of Coconut Palm Sugar:
(sustainable alternative to palm sugar: available from
Friends of the Earth cnr Smith St/Perry St, Collingwood)
Coriander ~ for decoration
Combine tomatoes, cucumber, chilli and curry leaves in a serving dish.
In a separate bowl mix together coconut palm sugar, lemon juice, salt, garlic
until sugar dissolves. Pour this over salad, mix well, sprinkle with coriander.
Serve
*Will post recipe for delish wonbok salad soon.....
Monday, January 17, 2011
Zucchinis in bloom now! Harvesting & recipe notes:
hi gardenfans
check out the zucchini plants: look under their big leaves
(with mottled silvery markings) for large yellow flowers
....'boy flowers' are on long skinny stems
and their pollen needs to get into the middle of the
'girl' flowers (attached to baby zuccinis) for the zuccinis
to mature. Bees are great at this!
Zucchini plants produce heaps to share if soil around them
is watered every few days so if soil is dry under the plant,
refill its watering bottle to avoid getting water on leaves.
Sustainable harvesting & recipe tips:
Once the girl flowers have been pollinated (flowers then close)
use any closed flowers as a beautiful salad ingredient
or stuff them with herbs, finely chopped capsicum, tomato,
cooked grains.
Zuccinis are ready to eat
when they're thicker than your thumb.
To harvest them without damaging the plant, cut through the
dense base of the zuccini where it attaches to the plant's stem.
Some tasty & quick ways to enjoy them:
Grate zucchini over a bowl of beaten eggs, add fave herbs and
pour into frypan over medium heat for zucchini omelette!
Steam zucchini, toss in olive oil & garlic chives.
Slice and stirfry with Asian greens, capsicum, onion/garlic.
Zuccini & pumpkin look and taste great together: cut them into
small chunks, briefly steam or stirfry, then add
to fritatta or savoury muffin mixes.
Yum :)
check out the zucchini plants: look under their big leaves
(with mottled silvery markings) for large yellow flowers
....'boy flowers' are on long skinny stems
and their pollen needs to get into the middle of the
'girl' flowers (attached to baby zuccinis) for the zuccinis
to mature. Bees are great at this!
Zucchini plants produce heaps to share if soil around them
is watered every few days so if soil is dry under the plant,
refill its watering bottle to avoid getting water on leaves.
Sustainable harvesting & recipe tips:
Once the girl flowers have been pollinated (flowers then close)
use any closed flowers as a beautiful salad ingredient
or stuff them with herbs, finely chopped capsicum, tomato,
cooked grains.
Zuccinis are ready to eat
when they're thicker than your thumb.
To harvest them without damaging the plant, cut through the
dense base of the zuccini where it attaches to the plant's stem.
Some tasty & quick ways to enjoy them:
Grate zucchini over a bowl of beaten eggs, add fave herbs and
pour into frypan over medium heat for zucchini omelette!
Steam zucchini, toss in olive oil & garlic chives.
Slice and stirfry with Asian greens, capsicum, onion/garlic.
Zuccini & pumpkin look and taste great together: cut them into
small chunks, briefly steam or stirfry, then add
to fritatta or savoury muffin mixes.
Yum :)
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