Plant Profile Also known as: Growing Conditions: Propagation Uses This plant is a wonderful way to find buzz-pollinating bees in your garden. It delivered my first Teddy Bear Bee sighting and numerous Blue-banded Bee sightings. It is a classic understorey plant from subtropical and tropical rainforests and can therefore be used in shady places inContinue reading “Native Ginger or Alpinia caerulea”
Category Archives: Cooking
Garden to Kitchen – Fried Pumpkin Flowers with Basil and Lemon Myrtle
Ever tried Fried Pumpkin Flowers? Here’s how to cook them!
Italian Flatbread with Thyme, Parmesan and Garlic
It takes me two and a half hours to get this recipe on the table. The smell around the house during cooking is magical. The bread lasts for up to a week in an airtight container if it doesn’t get eaten! This recipe is also available on YouTube. Ingredients: Equipment: Method: 1. Fill a jugContinue reading “Italian Flatbread with Thyme, Parmesan and Garlic”
Garden to Kitchen – Choc-Mint Ice-cream
This recipe is a companion piece to my plant profile for Mint species coming soon! A vlog version is also available Garden to Kitchen – Choc-Mint Ice-cream on the Jane Grows Garden Rooms YouTube channel. NEW – short version of the vlog. Ingredients: 1 cup cream 1/3 cup chopped fresh mint (I like a chocolateContinue reading “Garden to Kitchen – Choc-Mint Ice-cream”
Garden to Kitchen: Liquid Lemon Gold
I love to use produce from my garden and Lemon Myrtle is one of my favourite trees. I don’t need any more reasons to justify its existence in a food forest but recently I read about a new use and I just have to try it! Here’s some of the ways that I already useContinue reading “Garden to Kitchen: Liquid Lemon Gold”
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