Firstly, I tried out my homemade citrus cleaner; it smells wonderful and does a good job.  Thank you Roman and Jana for the recipe.  I also planted some seeds and documented what seed went where in my planting tray.  I am feeling very organised as I usually rely on my memory for this job!  Lastly I preserved some lemons as a birthday prezzie for a friend.  Thank goodness I had heaps of lemons to get the 2 cups of juice for the brine.  Anyway, it was a great way to use up surplus lemons and…

This weekend we visited friends in Toowoomba and went to the Carnival of Flowers.  Walking through a pavilion, I noticed that non other than our local hero, Jerry Coleby-Williams, was about to give a free talk.  From a front row seat I enjoyed over an hour of Jerry's time as he spoke about his early years and the influence of his family on his love of gardening.  His family were role models, they taught him and they encouraged him.  Jerry asked that we do the same to the younger generations…

Not a food query but still intriguing. This gorgeous bird was visiting our neighbour's dam - any ideas of what it might be?

I have had the most satisfying weekend working in my garden.  We have had a wire enclosure built so I now don't have to worry about the free range chooks & possums getting into the garden.  Last year our old carport and very delapidated chook run were taken down so we have recycled most of the stuff from that (except the wire and the reo which was used  used as supports).   So this weekend I moved one of our raised garden beds into the new enclosure and got it organised complete with…