City Farmer in Vancouver: an urban wonderland
I spent a lovely couple of hours on two occasions visiting the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden, AKA City Farmer, exploring this...
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Soil Searching Diaries
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A garden for chickens
Chooks are a joy to live with. Their unique personalities are wonderful to get to know and their antics are really entertaining....
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Roo's garden greens and feta pie
With so many edible greens growing in the garden this pie is different every time it gets made, depending on what's available. A...
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Queensland Arrowroot - a potato substitute and much more
Originating in South America it is often commonly called Queensland Arrowroot because it was once grown in commercial qualities in...
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Sweet potato
Sweet potatoes are well know for the delicious and healthy tuber but their stems and leaves are also a nutritious and tasty green...
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Garlic chives and society garlic- delicious and attractive
Easy to grow, tasty and healthy these flat leaved chives keep giving. Garlic chives and society garlic are very similar in appearance -...
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Makrut (aka kaffir lime leaf)
Providing a distinctive South-East Asian flavour to cooking, Makrut trees are an important feature in a sub-tropical garden. The leaves...
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Choko - an international favourite
Chokos have a bad reputation in Australia. People remember them from their childhood being served up boiled to within an inch of their...
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A garden for pregnancy, breastfeeding and babies
Spending time in the garden is a great way to get exercise and soak up a bit of vitamin D from the sunshine. In addition it's an...
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A tea garden
Teas can be made from leaves, roots, flowers, fruits, stem or seeds. Whether they are iced or hot, relaxing, refreshing or medical they...
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Leunig on leaves
The work of Michael Leunig, the Australian cartoonist, writer, painter, philosopher and poet, is so whimsically accurate in his comments...
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The art of tea
Drinking tea is meditative, relaxing, healing and deeply cultural. From Japanese tea ceremonies to dainty English afternoon teas, a cup...
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Ceylon Spinach
Ceylon or Malabar Spinach, Basella rubra or alba, is much easier to grow than English Spinach in warmer climates. It grows as a vine and...
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Potatoes with curry leaves and spices
This dish works really well as a side dish to dahl or as a delicious snack on its own. Sizzle some a good handful of curry leaves with...
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Curry leaf tree
The curry leaf tree, murraya koenigii, also known as kadi patta, is part of the citrus family and very commonly used in Indian and Sri...
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Garden fresh salsa
Salsa literally means "sauce" in Spanish and is an opportunity to creatively blend the many flavours of seasonal herbs to create a sauce...
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Salad from the garden - greens, fruits, flowers and seeds
Salads are a great opportunity to explore a variety of raw green leaves to add flavour, nutrition, colour and texture. Look for the young...
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Comfrey - broken bones, bees, chooks and compost
Comfrey has broad prickly leaves and occasional pink, white or purple flowers which bees and other beneficial insects love. It prefers to...
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Amaranth - super food
Amaranth is an annual plant originating from Central and South America and is heat and drought resistant making it very easy to grow. The...
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