Recipe: Sweet Ravioli Sauce.

This is an autumn meal. The leaves are starting to change colour, there is a crisp chill in the mornings hinting of the frosts to come and the harshness of summer is starting to fade into memory.
Summers vegetable garden has been turned over and the winter vegetable beds are just starting to be productive.

It is herbs and spices time of year. My friends have gone from getting boxes of fresh fruit and vegetable to trays brimming with sprigs of oregano, thyme, basil, parsley, rosemary, chives, chillies and lavender.

Meals have become a combination of freezer food and herbs grown in the garden.

The weather is still fine enough to be outside during the day in the garden and meals still need to quick and easy as you rush around getting ready for winter. The preparation time is less than half an hour.

The gorgeous thing about this meal is that is sweet yet fresh. The colours are green and vibrant and yet the undertones of the ravioli speak of the winter that is to come.

Ingredients:
1tbs olive oil
3 Middle Bacon
1 Tsp crushed Garlic
1 tbs chopped fresh Oregano
Milk (125ml)
½ cup chopped mushrooms
1 small grated zucchini
1 can Creamed Corn (125gm)
½ cup chopped fresh parsley
Shaved parmesan cheese
Ravioli

Method:
Cook bacon in olive oil
Sear the garlic
Add Oregano
Add milk in small portions
Add creamed corn
Simmer sauce
Boil Ravioli seperately.
Stir through half of the parsley into the sauce.
Just before serving stir through the rest of the parsley.

Dish up ravioli.
Pour on sauce.
Garnish with parmesan shavings and more parsley.




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Chrysanthemums

Mothers Day is here.

This is proven by the huge range of chrysanthemums, "mums" or "mothers day flowers" that we have flowering in the garden.

We have over a dozen varieties (colours) planted.
Before going to work on Friday I popped out into the garden and quickly but a couple of buckets full to take in.

I snuck into work early and left them on a table.

When I got back people were wearing flowers in their hair!

There was colour everywhere.

When I came back to the office at the end of the day the buckets were empty.

Everyone had taken a bunch to give to their mothers for Sunday.

Happy mothers day!

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A Day In The Garden With Bailey

It's been a tough day in the garden for all concerned.


Bailey has been helping out with lots of chores.
Above, you can see Bailey checking out the growth in the native patch.



If anyone is wondering exactly where babies come from, then I have photographic proof that they do, in deed, come from the cabbage patch.
If we go around the circle anti-clockwise we have cabbage (bok choi), cabbage, baby. Simple.



With only weeks, or even days, from having our first frost. This Lemon Grass is at it's full growth after a year of TLC. As you can see, it is taller than I am and ready for harvest. Does anyone want some Lemon Grass?

Finally, it is the end of the day. This is daddy and son looking at the Passion Fruit Vine as it begins to climb.

Come back to see how Bailey (and the passionfruit) grow.







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