Marmalade cottage was built in 1917. Then it was renovated in the 1950s. Then nothing, really. It's been empty for a couple of years and still has its fabulous, kitsch linoleum floor coverings. And an outside loo and a beautiful cream and green Metters wood stove. Come with us as we transform a gracious shell into a functional house and create a fragrant, edible garden around it.
Monday, 11 March 2013
Pretty
This is a pot of garlic chives. They a fabulous hit of intensity to a coleslaw and look much more understated in flower than they taste!
Saturday, 9 March 2013
The great survivors
These cavolo nero - black Tuscan cale - were sprouted at the reinventors' last rental property. Then dug up and left in pots for several months. They were the first vegies planted not long after we moved in.
They've now been through two summers and are heading for their third winter.
The ravaged leaves at the back are the result of a bug and some attention from the chooks. Each stalk is more than a metre tall, and look at the lush new foliage. We can't bear to pull them out.
They've now been through two summers and are heading for their third winter.
The ravaged leaves at the back are the result of a bug and some attention from the chooks. Each stalk is more than a metre tall, and look at the lush new foliage. We can't bear to pull them out.
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eating what we've grown
Location: Perth, Australia
Perth, Australia
Thursday, 7 March 2013
Not one of those, then.
Another vine from the chook pen muckings-out. We thought it was a cucumber.
And neither of us particularly likes rockmelon. Oh well.
And neither of us particularly likes rockmelon. Oh well.
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We weren't expecting that
Location: Perth, Australia
Perth, Australia
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Bounty
This vine grew out of chook pen muckings-out. We've had one enormous pumpkin already that, after we gave chunks of it to three neighbours, fed us for four meals.
This is the ripest of its next five fruit.
This is the ripest of its next five fruit.
Labels:
eating what we've grown
Location: Perth, Australia
Perth, Australia
Sunday, 3 March 2013
And they're r-r-r-r-roasting!
A cheeky blend of columbian and guatamalan arabica beans, roasted on the creative reinventor's home-wrangled roaster, in our stable and sold only to the most discerning customers.
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