Water conservation

When preparing vegetables for cooking, use a bowl of water to clean them  Then use the ‘grey water’ to water pot plants.

Seasonal fruit and vegetables – January

Berry fruits –strawberries and blue berries are the most common and strawberries are usually quite reasonably priced for several weeks. Raspberries, loganberries etc are around but can be quite expensive.

Citrus – lemons oranges, tangelos Read more

Growing lettuces

You can grow those lovely crunchy fancy leaf lettuces in any outdoor container.  Read more

Vitamin C in winter

Vitamin C helps to fight colds and coughs so be sure to keep eating lots of fruit and vegetables in the winter.  Kiwifruit, oranges and mandarins are easy to eat and plentiful in the winter.  Tamarillos and feijoas are also good winter sources of Vitamin C.  A selection of fresh vegetables as part of your main meal each day also increases your immunity through Vitamin C.

How to decide – zucchini or courgettes?

There is often confusion about the difference between zucchini and courgettes.  The simple explanation is – nothing!

Both zucchini and courgettes are baby marrows.

Zucchini is the Italian name.

Courgette is the French name.

Marrow is the English name. Read more

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