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Easter Eggs with Herb Stencil

Peter Mitchell • March 23, 2016Uncategorized

Easter wouldn’t be the same without eggs and most of us go for expensive chocolate – here is a new beautiful way to create healthy Easter eggs with amazing herbs stencils as decoration. Click HERE for info on how to make these beauties – what a great activity to do…

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Valentines Bundle of Love

Peter Mitchell • February 10, 2016Uncategorized

Look past the expensive and standard red roses this Valentines Day – say so much more with herbs and a romantic, scented Bundle of Love. In the language of herbs Basil says LOVE, Calendula JOY, Lavender DEVOTION and Thyme AFFECTION. These sentiments mean so much more than red roses don’t you think??…

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While-you-are-Away Watering

Peter Mitchell • December 15, 2015Uncategorized

I LOVE Summer and holidays but not what they do to my garden! So this year I am trying the logical approach and installing a home-watering dripper system with hosing & timer. The “logic” part comes from thinking it’s not worth watering our small garden but then realising how much…

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All Things BLACK

Peter Mitchell • November 1, 2015Uncategorized

Just HAD to do it – so so proud to be Kiwi and celebrate our small nations world dominating excellence. Living Herbs Black Olive Chili is a black herb that is an absolute beauty. This award-winning plant has purple foliage and clusters of fiery edible BLACK fruits that turn red.…

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Labour Weekend – an ode to a gardeners best friend.

Peter Mitchell • October 19, 2015Uncategorized

Gardening in Your Gumboots Late October and it’s Labour Weekend, Weather’s better – YAY – Winter’s end! To the garden we go, To dig, compost and sow, Using gumboots, a gardeners best friend.

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Chimichurri – tasty green sauce from Argentina

Peter Mitchell • September 8, 2015Uncategorized

Wow, was scrolling through the New Idea in the lunchroom the other day and stumbled across their South American recipes – lots and meat (focus on Dads day) and HERBS galore. I have had chimichurri before but not known what it was until reading this and, with an abundance of…

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Basil is BACK

Peter Mitchell • August 17, 2015Uncategorized

Yay!!! Basil being back is the BEST sign that Spring and Summer are on their way. Keep plants in a warm, sheltered spot at this time of year and enjoy – fabulous scent when you pick leaves fresh from the plant and even better FLAVOUR however you use it. I…

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Cocktails and Palm Trees Sound Good??

Peter Mitchell • August 14, 2015Uncategorized

Brighten your Winter weekend with a cocktail party in August – Hawaiian shirts, pina coloda’s, mojitos (link HERE to Annabel Langbein’s recipe) and palm trees.

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Waiting for Spring

Peter Mitchell • August 5, 2015Uncategorized

Spring is Coming – but to stay well through the last of the Winter weather try boosting immune systems and  vitamin C with parsley and peppermint – parsley in and on most savoury dishes (go on – just add it in!! and peppermint as a tea – A simple and cost…

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