Hello guys,
Where is the cheapest glacial acetic acid I can find in Chch?
I am happy with 50ml or less, but haven't found so far. Pharmacies sell 100mL in the 20$-30$ range, affordable, but a rip-off nonetheless for the basic chemical it is.
Cheers!
Read more…hi, i have a few chillie peppers i would like to preserve and was wondering what is the best method to preserve them, cheers
Read more…In the past I have made chilli oil, which is great and also have a recipe for making a chilli spray to help protect your vege plants in the garden if you would like it.
Kim
Read more…I've just been given a big bag of grapefruit, and have started turning them into marmalade. My previous attempts at marmalade were using fruit from the tree at our old house, which was such a sweet grapefruit that I could never achieve setting, as I
Read more…I found this great article with tips on harvesting and storing to last by Hannah Zwartz in the dom post. In short;
Pumpkins: leave on vine until the stalk by the fruit is totally withered and brown then snip off, this can take some time after the lea
Read more…Hey everyone,
I'm keen to invest in a produce preserving bible. I have been looking around online and found a few maybes:
The New Self-Sufficient Gardener, John Seymour
The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest, Carol W. Costenbader
The Encyclopedia of
Read more…Is there anyone interested in doing a swap? Frequent supply of free range eggs over spring/summer (as available) for natural/organic preserves. Especially bottled tomatoes. As un processed as poss.
Many thanks
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I've been searching for a group of cheese makers on Ooooby but no joy. Can anyone recommend a website with making instructions and/or cultures for sale for e.g. camembert, brie etc?
Thanks
Laine
Read more…Folks, a burning curiosity (and a sore back!!) has taken hold of me: does anyone know where I can purchase an old fashioned "seed drill"? This is a push along seed sowing tool and will be familiar to any kids from the communes! My father used to have
Read more…Folks,
Apologies in advance. I just picked up a copy of Christine Dann's new book: Food@home (Canterbury University Press, 2012. ISBN: 9781927145036). It tells the story of small scale gardening in NZ and the revivial of home and community gardening,
Read more…Does anyone grow Medlars these days?
If so - is there the possiblity of a little excess heading my way?
would be willing to pick/pay or exchange...
Read more…Does anyone know if there is a way of freezing cherry tomatoes? We would like to be able to take them out of the freezer later on to cook up and put on toast.
Also, how to preserve them in jars? What sort of brine do we use?
Thank you very much, Br Read more…Morning folks and happy Waitangi Day!
This is the first year i have successfully grown squash and pumpkin - there are heaps of them, so many that i want to save them. Ive heard that they need to "harden off" on the vine if you want to store them over
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Looking for some different recipes to make using courgettes as sick of the same old ones I have, am getting 6-10 a day at the moment way too much even with friends and family getting them as well. Also beans, does anyone out there have
Read more…Hi folks, Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you and your families!
I had around 100 heirloom tomatoes planted ready to supply me with a years worth of passata and tomato chutney - alas my babies were hit by blight and had to be pulled out - i onl
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Does anyone have a recipe for making tomato paste that can be preserved in jars - preferrable without chemical preservatives?
I have recipes for chutney and pasatta - but havent got a clue how to make a tomato paste that will save through w
Read more…Elder Flower Cordial 1.5 litres of boiling water 1 kilo of white sugar 20 large elder flower heads (pick more if small make sure no flowers are brown) 4 lemons 55gms citric acid 1) In a deep bowl or saucepan pour boiling water over sugar and stir, le
Read more…Hi there, Janine here from Whangarei. Does anyone have any experience making those nice fruit syrups you see in the shops? I have been experimenting with frozen plums and made quite a nice thick tangy syrup. How sweet are they supposed to be?
Read more…Folks, off the top of your heads - does anyone know of a farmer around Auckland / Franklin who sells organic unpasturised milk from the "farm gate" to the public? Im wanting to try making cheese. It requires 10 litres and thats really expensive throu
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