by Mara | Dec 14, 2016 | Gardeners & Farmers, In the Garden
I’m so glad I didn’t know… about Mara & Mic, Tammi and Stuart. About Rod, Alan, Maurice and Danny. I had not met Carol, Andy, Sammy and Sady, Peter and Claire. When we looked we looked for acreage, we looked at 40, 20 and 10. Forty was too big,...
by Mara | Nov 14, 2016 | Garden meals, In the kitchen
I have received some very lovely emails asking me to post pictures of the patterned pasta I made last year. Here in this post I am re-publishing pictures of the Mezza Luna ravioli Ahlia and I made over a year ago using calendula, and nasturtium flower petals, parsley...
by Mara | Nov 1, 2016 | Garden meals, In the kitchen
Last summer I made rose petal tagliatelle. Rouge coloured dough sweetened by the natural sugars in the petals. For the Swiss Italian Festival I had decided to make rose petal tagliatelle for a singing and dancing event I had organised. Last spring was hot and fierce...
by Mara | Sep 27, 2016 | In the kitchen
I am planting trees and buying trees. Early on Tuesday mornings, once a month Ralf and I leave at 6am for the plant trade fair to purchase wholesale plants for our garden. I have planted rosemary, sage, lemongrass, pig face and Acacia floribunda. I have purchased...
by Mara | Aug 25, 2016 | In the kitchen
Yogurt Cheese White, Cream, Butter. Milk is ready for the starter. Yogurt is simple to make. I can make it at a cost so low that there is now both a cultural and economic incentive to do so. I looked for a recipe for Yogurt. I remember Lucy making yogurt in our...
