Common citrus caterpillars and their beautiful butterflies. Enjoy, don’t destroy.
Identifying pests of citrus and leaving the good guys alone
Breakfast special – berry and ricotta hotcakes
simple and scrummy hotcake recipe with ricotta and blueberries.
Lemon Grass – a valuable plant in the organic kitchen garden.
Lemon grass. One of the most useful plants in the sub-tropical garden for use in Asian cooking, herbal tea, erosion control and an abundant mulch plant.
Balinese chicken satay – how to make it like a local.
The best breakfast-strawberries and ricotta on rye bread.
Summer in Sydney. Some of my favourite beaches around the Eastern Buburbs.
Lulu’s Cafe 2013 – the Heart of Mullumbimby
Lulu’s Cafe Mullumbimby – delicious vegetarian food and sustainable ethics.
Simple meals with what you have – zucchini tray bake and ‘bubble and squeak’
Amazing trombone zucchini. Fantastic climbing vegetable for the sub-tropics with two delicious recipes; Zucchini Bake and Bubble and Squeak.
February in Mullumbimby – The Big Wet
Deliciously simple vegetarian meal-baked mushrooms with ricotta.
Come on a trip with me to Sydney and enjoy some delicious ricotta stuffed mushrooms at the Art Gallery of NSW
Do you need something sweet for a birthday party? Hummingbird cake with passionfruit frosting is the best.
Deliciously moist cake with the taste of the tropics – banana, pineapple and coconut.
Garden Consulting
Would you love a kitchen garden but don’t know where to start? Let my experience and expertise guide you to success? Soil testing, site analysis, fruit trees, fertilizing, non-toxic pest control, composting – this is my world – come and join me.
A one hour onsite consultation will often answer all your questions and help you on your way to the joy of year-round healthy food from your own garden.
Contact me at dianehartgardens@gmail.com
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