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Nothing evokes thoughts of spring and summer better than bright flowers and beautiful floral perfumes. Winter though, is seen as the time of the year where there is no real colour or scents in the gar..

Winter is upon us, and this month brings the shortest day, a long weekend, and the chance of 4 seasons in 1 day! This is the time for planting garlic, shallots, berries, fruit trees, winter vegetables..

Like Garlic, Shallots are traditionally planted on the shortest day and harvested on the longest. Shallots though are quite versatile and can be planted any time from May to August, right up to spring..

Garlic is one of easiest crops to grow, and it takes up a relatively small area in the garden. It has traditionally been planted on the shortest day and harvested on the longest but can be planted in ..

Ingredients 220 g butter 5 tbsp Cider vinegar 2 tbsp Olive oil 3-4 Apples, cut thinly 1 Small cauliflower, chopped Drizzle of honey 200g Stilton, or you can use a vegetarian cheese if you prefer 5..

May brings the end of Autumn and the creeping closer of those colder Winter days. The last of the Autumn leaves will fall now and it is a good time to collect up any rotting fruit and vegetables to ma..

You will need: Toilet paper Small seeds like carrot, lettuce or radish Flour and water Paint brush Cardboard or paper for labels String Scissors Lollipop stick or similar Glitter, stickers, fur, felt..

Ingredients 220 g butter 1 cup caster sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla essence or extract 2 cups self-raising flour ½ cup desiccated coconut ½ cup thread coconut 10 feijoas peeled, sliced ¼ cup caster sug..

April brings us into mid-Autumn along with Easter, an end to daylight savings and a set of school holidays. The days will become shorter and our time in the garden less, but there shouldn’t be any fro..

Just recently we have been asked a lot about keeping birds off your new lawns when seeding, they are hungry at this time of year and your seed is looking very appealing, they also quite like the fresh..

Ingredients 1x bunch silverbeet 2x onions chopped 125gms bacon chopped 4x eggs 1 Tbs butter 1 ½ cups of tasty cheese 1 cup cream Method Cook silverbeet until tender then drain well Melt butter..

As Easter approaches and a long weekend is in sight, why not keep the kids busy and create some handmade baskets? You can fill them with chocolate treats, sweets, home-made baking, or leave them out ..