"Yes, I freeze tomatoes. I don't bother with blanching - just cut them in half and put them on a tray in the freezer. WHen they are frozen I put them in a bag and I have free-flow tomatoes. I use them in any cooked dish that calls for tomatoes.…"
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Penny Guy commented on Denise's group What To Do Today?"I harvested my first new potatoes today and there are 2 zuchini on the plant in the glasshouse that will be ready to pick tomorrow. Also in the glasshouse I have little chillis on my overwintered plant and my first tomato flowers. This is my first…"
Penny Guy replied to Laine's discussion Tell me about ducks! in the group Poultry in Urbania"Khaki Campbells are the breed to go for egg laying but getting a really good egg-laying strain can be a bit difficult. Mine started laying again a couple of weeks ago and will usually lay till just after Christmas but the ones I had about 10 years…"
Penny Guy commented on Denise's group What To Do Today?"They grow from cloves just like garlic. They are great for roasting because they are so big."
Penny Guy commented on Hester's group Growing Under Glass"What do you plant in your glasshouse over winter? This is my 1st winter with a glasshouse. I have a couple of tomatoes, a pepper and a chilli still hanging on and a cucumber plant that hasn't flowered yet but i have 2 empty pots and am…"
Penny Guy joined Hester's group
Growing Under Glass
A group for greenhouse gardeners( and wouldbe greenhouse gardeners)Share your ideas, experience; questions and answers; successes and failures, here.See More
Penny Guy commented on Denise's group What To Do Today?"Yesterday I pulled out my beans and zucchini rampicante [cooking4theweek.blogspot.co.nz] and slashed back the comfrey. I made a big compost pile on one garden bed and got another bed ready for planting. In a couple of days I will plant broccoli,…"
Penny Guy commented on Denise's group What To Do Today?"Moved seedlings from the self-watering propagator to milk bottle pots - 4 types of cabbage, 2 types broccoli, pak choi & rocket. Washed the plastic house to let more light hrough."
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What To Do Today?
Let us know what you have been doing in the garden lately plus the tips and tricks to making it work.
Penny Guy replied to Laine's discussion Making Cheese in the group Preserving Your Surplus"Here is a good site for recipes, advice and equipment http://curd-nerd.com/how-to-label-waxed-cheese/ Mad Millies http://www.madmillie.com/store/nz sell cultures and also kits. If you haven't made cheese before you should…"
Penny Guy replied to Amanda Clark's discussion Root Cellars in the group Preserving Your Surplus"I haven't done this myself but apparently an easy way to do it is to bury an old freezer or fridge."
Penny Guy commented on Amy Macaluso's group Food Growing Q&A"The Maori potatoes I grow (little purple ones) need a very long growing season. I don't touch mine till the foliage has completely died."
Penny Guy replied to Michael Del Borrello's discussion What to grow and a reminder when to grow it. in the group Food Growing Questions and Answers"Or if you are in New Zealand you could try this site http://www.gardengrow.co.nz/zones/New%2BZealand%2B-%2Btemperate"
Penny Guy added a discussion to the group Gardening Books
Library fees research study
I am currently doing some research for my BA in Information and Library Studies and need help to ensure its success. I am researching the effect of fees on library use and want to get responses from as many NZ library members as possible before the 31/7/2010. The survey is online at [www.surveymonkey.com]. If you are a library member, could you please complete the survey (it will only take a couple of minutes and you will go…See More
Penny Guy joined Isabell Strange's group
Preserving Your Surplus
To share ways of preserving what you've grown such as bottling, freezing, dehydrating.See More
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Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 5:35pm on May 14, 2012,
Carina said… Hi Penny :) that's a shame you have to work saturdays! it's taken awhile for us to evolve, but finally things are drumming along nicely and a lot of people are really getting into it.
At this stage we are going to stick to the saturday as we are trying to make it a routine, so that it is easy for people to remember and because that day seems to suit most people at the moment, I will definately let you know though if there is ever a gathering on a sunday, and would really recommend contacting individual members through their individual pages on here. That's how a lot of people end up sharing info & swapping individually and getting to check out eachother's gardens on other days and making new mates ;)
- At 11:59am on July 24, 2009, Carina said…
- Hi Penny :) Looks like you have a great garden, blueberries...! yum.
- At 6:23am on July 24, 2009,
Pete Russell said… - Hi Penny. I'm from Yorkshire at the moment, but am actually and Australian who lives in New Zealand normally. I will be returning to Waiheke Islandin September. Ilkley Moor ba'tat. Now there's a Yorkshire icon.
- At 2:24am on July 24, 2009, Pete Russell said…
- Hello Penny. Welcome. Looks like you've got the hang of the groups. Have fun oooobying!!
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