The Mad Gnomes Strike Again!

...in McLaren Vale. One of our favourite spots - the picnic place at Kay Brothers. We didn't have any picnic there this time - too cold ...

...the whole place glittered in the sun, including this spiderweb.

A real winter warmer! Crisp up some bacon (cut into strips), then add sliced garlic, onion, chilli to the pan. Then add roasted (or boiled),...

RIP Lambie the Sheep 1997 - 2010 Lambie the sheep passed away today. She has been very slow this week and the only thing keeping her going...

...is amazing stuff. Easy to grow and easy to process. Read today's blog post on Adelaide Kitchen Gardeners.

Our Food Connect box offers a range of fresh, local & seasonal fruit and vegetables every week. Beetroot is just one of them. We've ...

Plus some slugs, but we won't go into that! It's a glorious, sunny (and very cold) morning here! Dew everywhere. The sunshine is ref...

Everything is green in the garden. Looks fantastic! Weeds and grass everywhere. Here we have part of a garden bed. There are 3 rows of coria...

The garlic is doing really well! Here a picture. Full post to be found here .

...made from reclaimed op-shop remnant fabric. How good is that!? This lovely hand-made gift arrived in the post a while back. Thank you Tel...

...at least for certain mushrooms and fungi in the forest. I took tons of photos of various fungi. They are absolutely fascinating in their ...

A great way to use up chillies and lemons! This pickle is lovely on bread or crackers, mixed into quark or ricotta, added to stews, pastas, ...

This is a cheese that I will definitely make again. It is tasty, creamy and crumbly. Another big advantage, it does not need long maturing. ...

Brought a bowl of lemon curd to the seedsavers' gathering yesterday afternoon. Together with some freshly baked bread. The lemon curd fr...

I saw a picture of perennial cotton flowers in a catalogue last year and immediately put it on the 'must-grow-list'. 1 (one!) seed g...