Welcome back to 2018! We have lots of exciting things in place for Garden to Table this year. Watch this space!
OVER AND OUT…
Well I certainly didn’t plan to end the school year early and with an injury. But that’s what happened. Somehow I managed to pinch the nerve in my neck and sprain my shoulder muscle, and the pain was unbearable. I managed to take one class, thankfully there were lots of volunteers to help me out. Room… Continue reading OVER AND OUT…
It’s getting hot in here…
I often find we can’t win with Auckland weather, one day its raining and windy the next its 26 degrees and we are sweltering under the bright sun. The latter however did last a lot longer than a couple of days, and we saw the kids really working up a sweat especially in the garden. There was… Continue reading It’s getting hot in here…
That’s a wrap…
I’m writing this blog the day after the St Francis Food and Wine Festival. Not because I had too much wine 🙂 but because we were so busy during the week preparing for yesterday. The last of the truffles and fudge were made the chutneys’ and preserves made pretty and yours truly selling the above at… Continue reading That’s a wrap…
Back to business…
It was straight back into Garden to Table on Tuesday after the two-week break. The pressure was on to make sweet treats for the Food and Wine Festival, so we thought chocolate fudge would be an easy yummy solution and it’s always popular. The other treat I thought we would attempt to make was Coconut Ice…. well… Continue reading Back to business…
Winding back… Moving forward…
While the election did not give us any immediate certainty, daylight savings certainly heralded the start of warm weather. Another term has gone by and school holidays are upon us. We were busy making Grapefruit and Ginger Marmalade (Thank you to Father John for supplying the grapefruit) for the food and wine festival. We also attempted Grapefruit… Continue reading Winding back… Moving forward…
Is this Spring?
I have been asking myself this question over the last fortnight as I put thermals back on and got my gumboots and raincoat out. I don’t remember it being that cold even in the Winter months. But we plodded on here at Garden to Table both in the kitchen and the garden. The gardeners were super busy… Continue reading Is this Spring?
