Garden Hints & Tips
We have just returned from Singapore where, like most tourists, we visited the famous Gardens By The Bay. What a delight to explore for everyone, especially garden lovers! They feature both natural and architectural marvels where innovative thought continues to keep the Gardens sustainable. With plants from all over the
Cooks Column
Enjoy the following recipes and I wish you all a happy and safe time over the Christmas festivities with family and friends, neighbours and community. Warm regards from the Seasonal Kitchen x
On the Brink
Australia has a large number of frog species and, as previously mentioned in this column, many are threatened or endangered due to a variety of factors such as habitat loss, disease (especially chytridiomycosis), invasive species, climate change and extreme weather events. Australia is doing a lot of scientific and on-the-ground
Forest Yarns
Over the years, the Rushworth forest has thankfully been spared from a major conflagration. One of the reasons might be that box ironbark forests are less susceptible to big fires than other forest types. The main species of trees do not shed their bark each year, leading to a build-up
Cooks Column
The older I get, the more I love time-saving, labour-saving ideas for cooking. I’ve been lured into the world of frozen vegetables and marvelling at how quick it makes meal preparation and how little waste it produces. No more wilting or soggy vegetables in the drawer of my fridge.
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Ingredients 300g chorizo (chopped) 1 onion (chopped) 1 clove garlic (chopped) 1 cup risotto rice 2 tblspn olive oil 3 cups stock 2 tspn oregano or Italian herbs 1 punnet of cherry tomatoes 300g parmesan cheese 30g butter 2 handfuls baby spinach leaves Method Pre-heat oven to 200ºC. In a
Garden Hints & Tips
There is a small group of people who are making changes in the background, not under the cover of darkness but in the fresh air and daylight with positive attitudes working towards the same goal.
Cooks Column
This is an American recipe, so I have used a conversion chart to get the weights calculated. The cake is made in a “Bundt” tin, a hole in the middle. A large springform would work too. Instructions: Pre heat oven to 160 C Thoroughly grease a Bundt tin and set
Garden Hints & Tips
We have started seeding and our tiny seeds are popping their heads up through the soil to greet our Spring weather and start a life as a tree, plant, grass or groundcover. It still amazes me that something as tiny as a grain of sand can end up being a
All About Wildlife
Bird specialists are a bit of a rarity in the wildlife caring world. Many carers will look after common bird species such as magpies, parrots or tawny frogmouths and kookaburras or even specialise in a particular field of birds such as waterbirds or raptors but most carers are by definition,
50 Years Ago
Cr. Ron Hickson opened the new Toolleen Sporting Centre, which had been a big achievement for a small district. The multi-purpose pavilion was to become the hub for local sporting clubs, community groups and for public meetings. A series of grants and ratepayer contributions had combined to enable erection of
Forest Yarns
In a town where the timber industry was important for many years, it is perhaps unsurprising that locals invented things that had a connection to the industry. One such invention was devised by Eric Ollov Risstrom Junior of Rushworth. Eric was the son of Eric Ollov Risstrom Snr, who was