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Just a reminder – order your veggie seeds, taters, flowers and herbs!!!

I am looking over the seed catalogues again today in anticipation of placing my 2017 order.  I first start by looking at what seeds I have leftover from last year and go from there.  Please note: seeds from the onion … Continue reading

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Australia Day January 26th and an Aussie Icon – Vegemite

Australia Day is next week on the 26th.  And as fate would have it, an auspicious news item appeared in the NYT yesterday – Vegemite is coming back home – after over 60 years of being owned by an American … Continue reading

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Banned books and good food

There was an article in the New York Times today about “The Banned Books Your Child Should Read” .   Reading the article took me on a time machine ride back to the 90’s when I was living in New York … Continue reading

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