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Suburb: Quail Rise

I can offer: Food from my garden

Food Growing Skill Level: Moderate

I am interested in...: Buying Local Food, Selling Local Grown Food, Bartering Local Food, Learning, Preserving, Seed Savers

Tell us about your garden and what you're growing: 2009/2010 was the first year of the vegy garden, so there were a few successes and failures. Hopefully as time goes on, I'll learn what suits the local micro-climate the best.

This season, I've grown:

* Tomatoes (mostly heirloom varieties)
* Capsicum
* Broad Beans
* Borlotti Beans
* Canolini Beans
* Italian Flat Beans
* Slenderette Beans
* Peas (that sprouted everywhere from the pea straw)
* Scarlet Runner Beans
* Snow Peas
* Brocolli (two varieties)
* Beetroot (two varieties)
* Corn
* Zucchini
* Lemon Cucumber
* Spinach
* Silverbeet
* Rocket
* Borage (started taking over the garden)
* Basil
* Italian Parsley
* Thyme
* Rosemary
* Oregano
* Tarragon

Also was the first year for all my fruit trees/shrubs. These include:

* Apples
* Apricots
* Cherries
* Plums
* Peaches
* Pears
* Quinces
* Meyer Lemons
* Mandarin
* Seville Orange
* Mullberries
* Olives
* Hazelnuts
* Almonds

* Strawberries (of course)
* Raspberries (about 6 different varieties including black and golden)
* Blackberries
* Blueberries
* Loganberries
* Orange Berries
* Gooseberries
* Cranberries

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Dealing with Zucchinis

At this time of year, you can get a bit sick of zucchinis. I did a recipe (note that I don't specify quantities as I make it up as I go along) tonight that I quite liked.

Carrot/Zucchini Rosti (sort of)

Grate carrots and zucchinis (squeeze excess moisture from the zucchinis)

Place into a deep pan with a little stock (vegetable or beef)

Add chopped thyme, parsley and dill… Continue

Posted on March 11, 2010 at 12:00am

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At 2:40pm on September 1, 2010, Megan said…: congratulations on winning the photo competition in NZ Gardener! Are you going to post it here??

At 3:42pm on March 15, 2010, Megan said…: March issue, will give you a call tonight and let you know the page number.

At 10:04am on March 15, 2010, Megan said…: only just got around to reading the tomato article in NZ Gardener and saw that you got a mention. Are you going to post your tomato photos here?

At 7:22am on March 11, 2010, Megan said…: hello Pete, will be trying out your zucchini rosti recipe really soon. There are a few other recipes here that you might want to try to tempt Inger and the girls with http://ooooby.ning.com/group/seasonalrecipes