Garden Hints & Tips
Although not my favourite season, that goes to autumn, spring does bring a magical time to the garden. It never ceases to amaze me how plants just seem to explode into leaf and flower, seemingly doubling in size overnight, which brings me to some of my most favourite springtime plants.
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Use up some of the beautiful bounty of citrus fruits that are in season to make this delicious slice. It all comes together to then bake in layers. Serve with yoghurt, cream or ice cream or on its own. Preheat oven to 170c Ingredients: 4 eggs 1 cup of sugar
All About Wildlife
Regardless of how many native ducklings I’ve seen and raised over the years, they still melt my heart. Each year many come to Bohollow for help when they run into trouble. The season has started with Wood ducklings and the first one to come in for the season moved
Garden Hints & Tips
Spring is here and it never ceases to delight me to see the garden begin to burst with colour. If you can, it is a lovely time to walk around your neighbourhood. It is also a great opportunity to see what grows well in your area. Many exotics (not native
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As the weather warms up, our thoughts turn to salads. This one (brought to you by one of our other daughters) can be served hot or cold - delish either way. INGREDIENTS Pumpkin Pkt haloumi cheese Pitted olives Almond slivers or pine nuts Baby spinach leaves Salt and pepper to
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Garden Hints & Tips
We at the Goulburn Valley tree group Tatura, there is still time to plant out your native vegetation and we are still currently open for sales on Tuesday mornings. We have a good range of eucalypts including the popular red gum, a great tree for those wet corners in your
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Don’t you love visitors that arrive bearing something they’ve baked for you to try? I hadn’t even met Erica, but she arrived at our door with a plate of her home-made cornbread. I had to admit that I knew nothing about cornbread, so after I’d taste
All About Wildlife
The babes have begun to arrive at the shelter. Ducklings, plover chicks and the first magpie nestling have already required our assistance and care. Other native critters that are making an appearance are our reptiles. Snakes and lizards are becoming more and more active as the warmth of the changing
All About Wildlife
Many of our native birds are nesting now and we’ve had a few babes at the shelter already but we are waiting for the influx that we know may suddenly happen at any time. There are a few things you can do during the season to give our natives
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Breakfast, brunch or a light dinner - Here’s a quick ‘n’ easy recipe with the option of being gluten-free: Cabbage and sweet potato fritters INGREDIENTS 2 cups shredded cabbage 1 cup grated sweet potato 1 small onion, finely chopped 2 large eggs 1/2 cup flour (or chickpea flour
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Meals on wheels Nic’s quickest snack for those who can’t wait till tea time Our youngest daughter arrived in a rush having pre-warned us that she’d cook us a light meal when she got here. I must say I was pretty darned hungry when she arrived and