Day 46: Herbie’s diary
The quest to spread Herbie’s magic of growing food means meeting people across many vocations: gardening, writing, education, food and journalism. And today, I met
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Day 45: Sharing Herbie’s magic with children at Stories Up High
The great American comic, W.C. Fields, once said, “Never work with children or animals.” However, if he had been at the Stories Up High children’s
Day 44: Cultural appreciation
Many of us are aware of the benefits of probiotics in yogurt culture, and naturopaths tell us good bacteria maintains a healthy gut which may
Day 43: The best Dirty Dozen
My gorgeous friend, Miss S, and her beautiful baby boy, Master S, came to visit today, bearing my favourite gift: eggs! Organic, free range eggs
Day 42: A sweet surprise!
There’s a new trend in cooking: veggies are the new dessert! Chefs are making vegetables the sweet ingredient of the meal, with celery, carrot and
Day 41: Children who grow their own veg are FIVE times more likely to eat them
Yes, children who grow their own veg are FIVE times more likely to eat them. This was reported in the Daily Mail this week –
Day 40: Quick, healthy and do-able
Stir fires are fantastic. They are quick to cook, quick to clean up and deliver on taste! Weekends are about convenience for me and Herbie,
Day 39: 8 days to go!
This time next week, it will be one sleep until Herbie’s Children’s Writer’s Festival debut! “Stories Up High” is a fabulous festival in the beautiful
Day 38: Fresh and simple is best
Sautee home-grown garlic in butter. Add farmers market porcini, slippery jack and pine mushrooms and cook for a few minutes. In the meantime, boil spaghetti. Then
Day 37: Same vegetable, different flavour!
Tonight Hubby and I went to our favourite Japanese restaurant, and rather than order our usual dishes, we were in the mood to try something