tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post1039127610251015283..comments2024-03-29T21:11:37.724+10:00Comments on down to earth: Food production in the backyardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-88036115566601261702012-09-19T01:33:08.368+10:002012-09-19T01:33:08.368+10:00hi!,I love your writing very so much! proportion w...hi!,I love your writing very so much! proportion we keep up a correspondence extra about your <br />post on AOL? I need a specialist in this area to resolve my problem.<br />Maybe that's you! Taking a look forward to peer you. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.prescription-swimming-goggles.info/aqua-sphere-kayenne.html" title="Prescription Swimming Goggles<br /><br />Prescription Swimming Goggles" rel="nofollow">Prescription Swimming Goggles</a><br /><i>Here is my website</i> <b><a href="http://www.prescription-swimming-goggles.info/aqua-sphere-kayenne.html" rel="nofollow">Prescription Swimming Goggles</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-66454057833698110032012-07-02T22:08:12.925+10:002012-07-02T22:08:12.925+10:00Dear friends
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If you love steamed puddings thought you m...Rhonda,<br />If you love steamed puddings thought you may like to know Fowlers actually make a pudding jar, wider at the mouth than the base. I like to make a day of it and put up a dozen and put them in the store cupboard, the longer they sit the better they taste then we just make some custard and warm up the pudding. Easy dessert!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-59506735326155505832012-04-26T21:23:14.405+10:002012-04-26T21:23:14.405+10:00Like Hadassah, I'm also envious of the range o...Like Hadassah, I'm also envious of the range of things you can grow during a Queensland winter. Our garden has already been blanketed by some frosty mornings and we'll probably get a few light snowfalls this winter too. I'd love to hear what people in similar climates manage to grow. I'm going to try growing broad beans and peas for the first time and perhaps some onions.<br /><br />I've been reading with interest the amount that people are spending on groceries and have realised that I still have a long way to go. But as you say Rhonda, I'll take little steps first so that our changes will be lasting ones.<br /><br />Thanks for your amazing blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-43887492027607259552012-04-26T19:03:04.287+10:002012-04-26T19:03:04.287+10:00You really created a paradise around your house. A...You really created a paradise around your house. And how wonderful must it be to live in a climate where you can even grow vanilla orchids...langsam lebenhttp://langsamleben.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-90481228240302993962012-04-26T14:25:56.937+10:002012-04-26T14:25:56.937+10:00Yes Sarah, it's the same vanilla. It has to gr...Yes Sarah, it's the same vanilla. It has to grow a long way before it sets orchids. I think it's about 100 feet, but I am hopeful.rhonda jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08962112306968959985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-9188443074202277882012-04-26T13:35:09.224+10:002012-04-26T13:35:09.224+10:00Oh Rhonda! Thanks for another peek at your beautif...Oh Rhonda! Thanks for another peek at your beautiful garden. I was wondering..is your vanilla orchid what you get the vanilla pods for flavoring from? SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-19611417152861823422012-04-26T12:42:22.744+10:002012-04-26T12:42:22.744+10:00Hi Rhonda,
Your garden looks beautiful. We are get...Hi Rhonda,<br />Your garden looks beautiful. We are getting ready to put our seedlings in right now. We live in the Rocky Mountain area of the U.S. We usually wait until our "frost free date", May 15th, to plant our tender plants. <br />We have had some strange weather lately, unseasonably warm. I have a feeling it's going to be a scorcher of a summer.<br />I really enjoy your posts. I read your blog every day. You are such an inspiration.<br />Jeri, Utah, U.S.A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-77722249739070112352012-04-26T10:54:42.097+10:002012-04-26T10:54:42.097+10:00Maureen, you can pick only the outer leaves but bo...Maureen, you can pick only the outer leaves but bok choy cooks down a lot. For us, a full bok choy along with other vegetables, makes a meal.rhonda jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08962112306968959985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-72354402505788955402012-04-26T10:48:09.714+10:002012-04-26T10:48:09.714+10:00Love your posts Rhonda and I am sooo jealous of yo...Love your posts Rhonda and I am sooo jealous of your beautiful market garden.<br />A quick question, do you take the outer leaves off and use your Bok Choy much as you would lettuce leaves, or do you pull the whole plant, I am asking this as we have only 2 (they were a gift) plants and I want them to last as long as possible..Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03260642250519868482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-78001030000437863942012-04-26T10:38:07.726+10:002012-04-26T10:38:07.726+10:00Hi Jodie, I have eaten a lemonade scone at a CWA e...Hi Jodie, I have eaten a lemonade scone at a CWA event and is was nice. I don't make them myself as I prefer to not eat the preservatives in soft drinks.<br /><br />Lainie, I too like a backyard to look like a backyard. Yay! a fellow steamed pudding girl.rhonda jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08962112306968959985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-57288741892198184452012-04-26T10:13:34.363+10:002012-04-26T10:13:34.363+10:00Hi Rhonda,
Thank you for sharing your backyard wit...Hi Rhonda,<br />Thank you for sharing your backyard with us, I love backyards, espiecially when they look like backyards and not Bali Resorts! Our backyard is like yours, winebarrels on the edge of the patio with some planted to strawberries and the some to herbs.All the ornamentals are natives, then we have our vegie patch, the good old Hills Hoist and the rainwater tanks. Then we have a back fence with grape vines and passionfruit growing on it and through there are Hubbies fruit trees and compost bins. The chooks live down there and are only locked into their pen at night they spend their days doing what chooks are meant to do under the fruit trees. They have plenty of shade in summer and sun in winter. I love our life I call it the "Good Life" I had a productive Anzac Day made soup and crusty bread for lunch, then lovely quiche for tea served with salad then custard and steamed pudding for dessert. I made the custard but the pudding was a bought one. I do make steamed puddings in my fowlers food preserver but we have used all of them so a reminder for me to make some more. We both agree that mine are better!Lainiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616574186981518512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-62431699162355221652012-04-26T09:59:29.637+10:002012-04-26T09:59:29.637+10:00I so love your garden it is beutifull wish ours lo...I so love your garden it is beutifull wish ours looked like yours, maybe one day. Hubbies pumpkin soup turned out perfectly yesterday, he's very handy in the kitchen. Was reading your book when I got home from work at 330 this morning and spotted your recipe for scones and was wondering if you've ever tried using just flour, cream and a can of lemonade. A good friend of mine showed me that when we went camping one year she did it like damper but I've also done it like scones and they are soooo yummy. Have a great day Jodie from Adelaide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-61948739926287161482012-04-26T09:40:40.576+10:002012-04-26T09:40:40.576+10:00Any advice on stopping bush rats and bats and othe...Any advice on stopping bush rats and bats and other native animals from gnawing off new shoots and produce? I've been collecting old bird cages from council street pick-ups and using them as cloches. So far it's been the only thing that comes close to working but the clever buggers do learn to dig under them if they're keen. I stopped composting because it was a ready food source that kept them close. We're also monitoring the dog food so they don't get close and we're hoping to starve them out so they move on but it'll be shortlived. A new family always works out there's food in this urban garden and we're the only food producing garden for streets and streets.Kate Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731006032499344619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-19915348306582574272012-04-26T08:56:37.969+10:002012-04-26T08:56:37.969+10:00Gail, we do live in a wonderful part of the world....Gail, we do live in a wonderful part of the world. I hope the big fella likes the soup. And thank you for giving me a wonderful idea for a post next week.<br /><br />Thanks everyone. The garden is Hanno's masterpiece and he deserves all the praise. As Dartford Warbler said, we are lucky to have such a long growing season and to be able to grow tomatoes alongside brussel sprouts.rhonda jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08962112306968959985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-87781465814759540802012-04-26T08:34:27.142+10:002012-04-26T08:34:27.142+10:00Your garden looks great! We just put our tomato s...Your garden looks great! We just put our tomato seedlings out this past weekend, but we've been enjoying lettuce for awhile now!<br /><br />I'm jealous of your citrus. I'm not sure if we can grow that here in Kansas.Starr https://www.blogger.com/profile/03466102837363060940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-91062882318284964182012-04-26T08:29:27.358+10:002012-04-26T08:29:27.358+10:00Your longer growing season must be so useful for p...Your longer growing season must be so useful for producing food over more months of the year. In England we are starting spring seeds around now and hoping that the weather will be warm enough when the seedlings are ready to transplant.Dartford Warblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352965211143836326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-26148583988531531032012-04-26T08:23:10.971+10:002012-04-26T08:23:10.971+10:00Hello Rhonda,
Thank you so much for the potato an...Hello Rhonda, <br />Thank you so much for the potato and celery soup recipe. The big fellow has planted lots of celery this year as I use so much of it in my cooking. Isn't it a good feeling to be able to make something like this soup and know that you don't have to buy anything for it. All these ingredients are from our garden, the water is from our own tanks and I'll use a splash of home made yoghurt as I don't have any cream at the moment. All this will simmer away on top of the wood heater. Today after i have finished my basic housework, I'll be sitting at my sewing machine making an apron and edging some old towels that I will cut up for cleaning cloths. I think of you and the other ladies who comment often as I go about my day and wonder what you are all doing. Like you I enjoy my home so much and i could never be bored in retirement. Life is good and we are blessed to live in this wonderful country.<br />Blessings Gailgailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11474172270399240621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-19284395751461618342012-04-26T08:03:44.378+10:002012-04-26T08:03:44.378+10:00vicky, If you don't want the juice or jam, jus...vicky, If you don't want the juice or jam, just give away your excess fruit, or barter with it. Maybe the neighbours have eggs, soap or candles they might like to swap for some fruit.<br /><br />Tanya, they're navel oranges. They'll be ready in June.rhonda jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08962112306968959985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-47860006958839762372012-04-26T07:49:17.580+10:002012-04-26T07:49:17.580+10:00i'm envious as your garden looks great! We can...i'm envious as your garden looks great! We can't plant the same things you have down in the south cold wet but i am planning to get the beds prepared this weekend to plant garlic and some seeds. I've got plenty of spring onions, silverbeet and loads of different lettuce & rocket that were self sown by my purposefully leaving some plants that had gone to seed -- I love it when when you get free plants like that as we are just finishing off the last of the self sown tomatoes also. <br />I'm going well with the less meat challenge with approx 2 X week -- cooked lovely roast chicken yesterday for all the visiting family up on Anzac day for my fathers 84th birthday. We had a lovely day sharing & chatting together -- lunch prep was interspersed with my brother offering to set up a computer program and several wanders out to the garden with interested family to look at the progress (new fruit trees) -- my sister-in-law even weeded a garden bed as she said it was therapeutic!!<br />Hope everyone had a lovely Anzac day as well. <br />IHadassahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01199195698125154889noreply@blogger.com