Tag Archives: childhood memories

Soaked pants, ant bites and grumpy slugs

Posted on November 25, 2013 by tikiwanderer

I visited Mum’s farm on the weekend, an avocado farm down near Albany. One of the first in the area, started back in the era when Aussies thought that “vegetables” meant cauliflower, cabbage, carrot and potato, a farm well overtaken … Continue reading →

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Making “capers” with nasturtium seeds and a hint of mermaid

Posted on October 27, 2013 by tikiwanderer

Last year at the end of nasturtium season I tried making my own “capers”. I’d read about substituting nasturtium seed pods for capers online, I had the book “Wild Fermentation” by Sandor Katz which gave a reliable method, I had … Continue reading →

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Crop profile – Mulberries

Posted on October 15, 2013 by tikiwanderer

Our neighbour has a mulberry tree. When I was planning the food forest I needed a central primary tree. I spent a lot of time thinking about options, and one that kept coming up was the mulberry. It reaches the … Continue reading →

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