I've got heaps of the stuff if anyone wants seeds... it would be another few months until the fruit germinates. they tend to self seed themselves...
Hi Spritegal, No, i didn't see it! Damn! Problem is that i am always rushing around the garden until dark. Maybe they will repeat ot and i will...
Rich, Funny you should mention salinity becoming a problem in Australia - as an ecologist, thats exactly what i work on! Our problems mainly stem...
Apparently bay leaves are a great detterant. If you are lucky enough to have a bay tree or abe able to get branches (like me from my parents), put...
just to clarify the removal of seaweed from beaches - i would imagine the restrictions are not really due to bringing sea fauna inland, rather the...
How wasteful our society is! and i'm sure there is a company in NZ collecting seaweed and processing it to make the liquid stuff you buy in shops....
Hi Marie, Eagerly awaiting the zucchini pickle recipe!!!! We have heaps of them coming up, seems like they grow overnight! I bottled a coupel...
Exactly!!!! thats it! confusion is easy - like Americans calling bottling canning..... I will check True Value Hardware - the Mitre 10 guy in...
oops, i think a bit of misreading on my part has occurred! (obviously too early in the morning!) The swing top jars i have are the quite wide...
Great stuff Lyn! We've got a small 1/2 acre place on the outskirts of melbourne and i am just so excited about my vegie patch too. I rush out...
Hi Tam, Yes, i have been on the Green Living website and have read a lot about preserving on there as well. David and Val seem like a mine of...
Hi Marie, Theres a few pages on codling moth in my Jackie French book - too mucht o write out here. pm me with your address and i will photocopy...
Really? MItre 10? I even went to the huge one in Ringwood a few weeks ago and found nothing next to the Fowlers gear! Maybe one has to ask......
He, he - i'm jealous of everyones trees too! We only put ours in in spring, so a few years off any fruit. So far we've got a jonathon apple, a...
Thanks Batz! I will check it out.
You know those swing top glass jars you find in op shops? They are usually the Le Parfait brand. I'm using them to store dehydrated food in (dried...
Thanks Fran. I guess its unnerving that you may not be able to tell if your preserves are infected with botulism. But if the right method is...
Just briefly back to the tomatoes and botulism thing.... its been known in the US that it can be a little dangerous to can (bottle) tomatoes, the...
I put the the following ad in the Buy, trade, swap section of the forum, but haven't had any response, so thought i'd put it here as well......
hey all, RE lemon juice + tomatoes ... As a first timer to home bottling i've been scouring the net for advice etc. They do say that the natural...
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