Garden – Page 3 – Life is a Journey

Home made

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Libby Withnall

Well, this recipe is about as home made as I can make. Cherry tomatoes from the garden and eggs from our chickens…comprising about 90% of the meal.

Cherry Tomato & Feta Frittata

Ingredients (serves 4)

6 eggs
125g feta, crumbled
2 tbs extra virgin olive oil
4 shallots, trimmed and sliced thickly
1 garlic clove, crushed
250g cherry tomatoes,quartered
Mixed salad leaves, to serve

Method

Whisk the eggs. Stir in the feta.
Heat the oil in a 20cm non-stick frying pan over a medium heat. Add the shallots and garlic, and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes. Pour over the egg mixture and shake pan gently to disperse the egg. Cook for 4-5 minutes or until almost set but still a little runny on top.
Preheat grill to high. Place the frying pan under the grill for 1-2 minutes or until set and golden on top. Cool or serve it warm with salad leaves

Source : Fresh Living – 19 April 2004, Page 61
Recipe by Louise Pickford

Veggie Garden Update

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Libby Withnall

Our vegetable garden has been in for some months. We’ve had mixed success this year – I assume to the crazy weather of hot one day and cold the next. The big success this year so far has been the tomatoes (just starting to pick delicious red one), cucumbers (already have quite a few), strawberries, and capsicum is coming along nicely. I have been blown away with how extra yummy everything has been. Unfortunately the celery has stopped growing (no idea why), most of the lettuce has gone to seed, there is NO SIGN of any pumpkins and the zucchini plant (usually our most prolific) is moving at snail pace.

Amazing strawberries….

Lots of capsicums (peppers) coming along nicely.

Second zucchini – planted from seed and already bigger than the first one we planted months ago!

Some changes

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Libby Withnall

Kevin is very excited cause we FINALLY got the solar panels he’s been wanting for a long time – just it time too. We will get a rebate from the government of around $8,000 (I think) but was scrapped in the new budget which came out the day these were installed. Kevin is feeling pretty pleased with himself. He’s now having fun monitoring how much power is being produced.

Another change has taken place at the front of our home. Mum & Dad were doing some gardening work and had leftover pebbles which they offered to me. We’ve had to keep topping up the bark in the front garden so jumped at this opportunity. Looks fantastic too. So much better than bark!!! Thanks Mum & Dad – they not only supplied the pebbles but did the hard work of putting them on the garden. Not the best photo but you get the idea.

Chooks in the garden

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Libby Withnall

Well, it’s that time of year when the veggie garden is getting a bit bare and I can let the chickens out for a scratch around in it. They were so happy when they realized they could dig in the garden (they have no grass in their area as they’ve destroyed it long ago). Rounding them up to put them away again is another story. Rosie was funny, keeping a real close eye on them. They were only allowed in one half of the garden so I had to watch them carefully as well.