tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post2865699525055802871..comments2024-03-18T16:49:08.253+11:00Comments on All the Blue Day: Green and ThriftyJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-31726237676412984222019-08-25T08:59:50.568+10:002019-08-25T08:59:50.568+10:00Jo, I like to eat my bearnaise sauce with grilled ...Jo, I like to eat my bearnaise sauce with grilled chicken breast, but I'm sure there are lots of other things it would work with. I also like it with potatoes.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419561109924796944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-59184445028138958312018-03-07T18:49:06.803+11:002018-03-07T18:49:06.803+11:00Anna, have you considered gardening in a pot? It i...Anna, have you considered gardening in a pot? It is very time efficient. That is how I started gardening, at age 16, with a pot of cherry tomatoes and a petunia plant given to me by my aunt. For the next six years, I grew a cherry tomato and a petunia in that pot every spring until I moved into a house with a garden of my own..Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-1135284201690555352018-03-07T07:19:20.049+11:002018-03-07T07:19:20.049+11:00I keep saying it but I can't wait to retire so...I keep saying it but I can't wait to retire so I can get more into gardening and so on. In fact, this Saturday there is a "class" given by a new-to-me organization on how to prepare your veggie plot organically for the upcoming spring planting. I have never heard of this organization but they seem to be into more than just organic gardening so I think I will give it a shot (but gotta dash back for the international rugby afterwards)! AnnaTreadershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613671137557939083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-83971265678658589692018-03-05T18:04:05.997+11:002018-03-05T18:04:05.997+11:00Gretchen Joanna, I love finding out all the differ...Gretchen Joanna, I love finding out all the different names for the same plants, although it can get confusing! When our silver beet has red stems we call it red chard, just to confuse things even more.. oh, and there is rainbow chard, when you get a mix of red, yellow and pink stems..<br /><br />Jamie, I took the seeds out of these plums because they were the big Japanese purple ones and they come out relatively easily. Smaller plums I tend to make into jam, cooking up the whole plum and taking out the stones with tongs (very tedious, pour the stewed plums into a tray to do this before adding the sugar) or sieve the mixture to make jelly.<br /><br />Tarragon is my new favourite herb, and I have tried using it on everything! It is wonderful with chicken, divine with potatoes, either sprinkled on plain boiled with butter, or in potato salad. It is perfect on salmon with lemon, and I made a beautiful salsa verde from parsley and tarragon recently, will put up the recipe this week. We ate that on everything, and it was gorgeous on olive bread with cheese. For salads I just sprinkle it over the top as a garnish, and I also made the last batch of salad dressing with a lot of fresh tarragon. So far there is not much I would not recommend it with.. and I have never made bearnaise sauce, must look it up - what do you eat it with?Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-87105504619830755522018-03-05T13:21:20.833+11:002018-03-05T13:21:20.833+11:00Do you take the seeds out of your plums before dry...Do you take the seeds out of your plums before drying? Do you have a handy method?<br /><br />How do you use tarragon in your salad? I'm thinking of starting to grow it so I can make my own bearnaise sauce, but I would love other recipes to use it in.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419561109924796944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-34012776250156477462018-03-05T12:25:21.353+11:002018-03-05T12:25:21.353+11:00I don't think I'd ever heard the name &quo...I don't think I'd ever heard the name "silverbeet" before! I looked it up and discovered it is what we know as (Swiss) chard, and I also found that there are other interesting names for this vegetable I previously had one lonely name for! <br /><br />You also reminded me that I have some silverbeet growing out there in my own garden, and though it does cook down sooo much, I should bring in a few leaves and add it to soup at least. <br /><br />Thank you, Jo!GretchenJoannahttp://www.gretchenjoanna.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-63016269901524490882018-03-04T19:42:31.255+11:002018-03-04T19:42:31.255+11:00Franny and Danny, you mean the ones that aren'...Franny and Danny, you mean the ones that aren't covered in dirt??Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-54023040433524828092018-03-04T18:17:58.606+11:002018-03-04T18:17:58.606+11:00Those tomatoes look rather toothsome!Those tomatoes look rather toothsome!Darwin Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05715389494434546700noreply@blogger.com