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The Eco Gardener: December 2012
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The blog of Christine Dann, who has been gardening with Nature for over thirty years. Friday, December 28, 2012. The smile on Livvie's face as she holds the flowerpoint bouquet. And a jar of seeds says it all. I talk to the junior school in the school library. She was a big hit with the children in Room 3 (7-8 year olds) who made me lovely original thank you cards which told me about their gardens, and what they liked best. Some samples. 8220;I really liked the smell of the tomato and elderflowers and I ...
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The Eco Gardener: April 2013
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The blog of Christine Dann, who has been gardening with Nature for over thirty years. Saturday, April 6, 2013. The Eco-Gardener has moved! I have recently moved my virtual garden and its blog to my own website. Where as well as reading about what is happening in and from my garden and kitchen, you can read about a few of the other things I do. My latest post there is on Celebrating women's suffrage with the Kate Sheppard camellia. Posted by Christine Dann. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Eco Gardener: August 2012
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The blog of Christine Dann, who has been gardening with Nature for over thirty years. Friday, August 17, 2012. Cold Cures from the Garden. The ingredients for Elderberry Cold and Flu Tonic. Last winter I had a terrible cough, and I made my own cough drops with thyme from the garden, and aniseed. (Find the recipe at Seasonal Sweets - Thyme and Aniseed Cough Drops. ELDERBERRY COLD and FLU TONIC. 12 tablespoons fresh or frozen elderberries. 4 tablespoons cinnamon stick, broken up. Posted by Christine Dann.
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The Eco Gardener: The Eco-Gardener has moved!
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The blog of Christine Dann, who has been gardening with Nature for over thirty years. Saturday, April 6, 2013. The Eco-Gardener has moved! I have recently moved my virtual garden and its blog to my own website. Where as well as reading about what is happening in and from my garden and kitchen, you can read about a few of the other things I do. My latest post there is on Celebrating women's suffrage with the Kate Sheppard camellia. Posted by Christine Dann. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Eco Gardener: Join the EcoGardener Readers List
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The blog of Christine Dann, who has been gardening with Nature for over thirty years. Join the EcoGardener Readers List. New posts are popping up like pumpkin seedlings. Be sure to see them. If you would like to be advised whenever a new post has germinated on this blog, please send an email from your usual e-address to. Ecogardenernz [at] gmail.com and I will add you to the EcoGardener Readers list. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. Food@Home - the book and the author.
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The Eco Gardener: September 2012
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The blog of Christine Dann, who has been gardening with Nature for over thirty years. Wednesday, September 26, 2012. A quince branch covered in blossom. If I were to plant one fruit tree solely for its flowers it would be the quince. The true quince, Cydonia oblonga,. Has a long history of being cultivated. I. Ts beautiful flowers and fruit were appreciated by the very first civilisations in the countries now called Iraq, Turkey and Greece, where the quince tree evolved. The tree is being grown on. One m...
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The Eco Gardener: Best Garden Recipes
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The blog of Christine Dann, who has been gardening with Nature for over thirty years. Really fresh produce straight from the garden does not need fancy recipes, but it is always good to try new and delicious ways of combining fresh ingredients. On this page I have put some of the best recipes from the first year of this blog, and I have made an alphabetical list of all the recipes, with links to the blog post they appear in. Recipes from The Eco Gardener - the list. Baby Beetroot, Greens and Feta Salad.
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The Eco Gardener: February 2013
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The blog of Christine Dann, who has been gardening with Nature for over thirty years. Saturday, February 23, 2013. A Yellow Admiral enjoys. The nectar of Joe Pye Weed. While the Red Admiral. Goes for the white buddleia. If any butterflies are reading this article I know they will be delighted to find that some humans are creating gardens especially for them, and that there is even an on-line course on. How to Create a Butterfly Garden". I have swan plants for the Monarch butterflies, but I have noticed t...
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The Eco Gardener: October 2012
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The blog of Christine Dann, who has been gardening with Nature for over thirty years. Monday, October 22, 2012. My Flower Point Presentation. The Flower Point Presentation ready to go. The wonderfully community-minded citizens who have formed the Avon-Otakaro Network (AvON). Other food plant flowers included in the tussie mussies were peas, pineapple sage, chives and two tree flowers – apple and walnut. Apples have an easily recognisable flower, but walnuts have catkins. These are still tig...Are we a pe...
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The Eco Gardener: January 2013
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The blog of Christine Dann, who has been gardening with Nature for over thirty years. Wednesday, January 23, 2013. How to cook from the garden. A pre-dinner harvest of zucchini, cauliflower, cucumber, green beans, silverbeet, first leek of the season, spring onion, purple sprouting broccoli, basil and kaffir lime leaves. For how I cooked them, see the photo below. Now is the time to stop thinking 'What would I like for dinner tonight? A little bit of everything. Dishes are the ones you make when no one v...
