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enjoys doing the dishes and folding laundry

love language is quality time or acts of service

likes to give sprouts and seedlings to friends and neighbors

nerd about mushrooms and has a mushroom log growing in his closet

keeps a hoard of ladybugs to deploy at any time

windowsill is lined with old jars and bottles, filled with clippings for propagation

he gives the best slices of pie and best baked cookies to others. will keep “defects” for himself- they taste just as good

favorite cookies are “everything but the kitchen sink” where he throws a bunch of stuff into the bowl (fruit, pretzels, nuts) and puts it into a cookie

has like 80 pillows on every couch/bed/chair

in addition to the 50-something blankets also piled high

“please, have a seat” he says. ha, no. any surface you could possibly settle onto is adorned with elaborate spreads of throws and such.

has a fruitcake that is legit an heirloom. it’s so stale it’s a brick. you can use it as a doorstop, stepping-stool, or a bludgeoning weapon. (note: has been used for all. he once chucked it at a late night visitor. this is how he learned frodo takes late walks at night. this is also how frodo learned that sam has an arm on him)

his great aunt made it forever ago and honestly he doesn’t know if it’s still good. he keeps it around because it’s been with him so long he feels bad throwing it out.

likes pecan pie! goes nuts (pun intended) for it.

roast his own chestnuts, pecans and walnuts. has a strange grudge against macadamia nuts. (almost choked on one as a child)

very cozy. has scarves and mittens and even slippers (GASP) at the ready

likes to watch the rain with a cup of tea for hours on end

takes his tea with honey, two sugars, and cream. it barely counts as tea.

enjoys bubble baths.

guerrilla gardening. sam is a force to be reckoned with on this front. he is a strong advocate for native plants and will gut someone over deforestation.

carries a salt shaker filled with seeds everywhere. kind of just. shakes it around empty plots of land.

has a hostile land grab once a month and slowly expands the baggin’s garden by an inch, until it takes up nearly the whole estate.

has a great misconception about the appropriate amount to discuss you garden with someone. this is because:

he tends to talk about this to frodo, who will listen, good naturedly

frodo also prevents anyone from talking over sam or changing the subject

most hobbits are to polite (passive aggressive) and don’t have the skills to subtly change the subject in a way sam understands

and if he does recognize the effort he will avoid it

likes to try new recipes but at the same time never follows them

knows a great deal about farming hemp. this is because merry and pippin recruited him into their pipeweed shenanigans and now sam has unintentionally created a strain of the good stuff that has hobbits traveling miles to get their hands on

loves his houseplants like children. they have names and backstory and a rich inner life that he has created that could fill a book

is fighting a battle with english ivy at the moment and only slightly loosing it. it’s suffocating the tree outside his house and he’s not very happy with it.

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Macadamia tree seedlings are given to poverty-stricken communities to help them start an industry.

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Gardening Obsession

Being partially housebound has been great for my garden. Also, I finally have a reason to enjoy spring; we are losing the comfort of winter but the wisteria is about to bloom and with any luck my veggies will grow.

I have a lot of wisteria seedlings, finally, as this winter I've collected a lot more seeds from the big one.

Bonsai loquat and olive still ticking along.

Lots of veggies going on!

Trees are mango (not yet old enough to fruit much properly), olives (wildly productive), loquat (very productive), mulberries, curry, kaffir lime, bay, and macadamia.

Established plants, I have heaps of sweet potato, rocket, lemon grass, heaps of rosemary, too much mint, and Cape gooseberries. I could eat the nardoo and pigface too, if I felt brave. Probably missing some others there.

New things! I have seedlings of leeks, parsley, taro (that will take years) , mustard greens, mystery chillies, potatoes, and water spinach.

I have a little banana tree, growing well but I don't know if it will fruit in this climate.

Seeds I'm waiting on, more parsley, basil (my favourite herb), unknown chillies, jalapeños, Scotch Bonnets (what am I going to do with them anyway), peas (mostly to fix nitrogen), and a couple of kinds of tomatoes. I'm so excited but also impatient for these.

Also little saplings of avocado trees, it will be years until we see any fruit though. But that's one of the most exciting. Three one year old healthy things, and one super sick one that hasn't grown in years (working on it).

Lots of soil improvement going on too. A lovely friend gave me some beneficial soil microbes. Compost is going well. I've also put on mushroom compost. I've added a bit of generic fertiliser, but I don't want to use too much in case that prevents the chillies from fruiting. The section with the mangoes and the sad avocado has lovely topsoil and dreadful yellow sand underneath, so I've been digging down and burying various organics, leaves, topsoil, fertiliser, and microbes. I'm hoping that helps break up the unpleasant delineation of good and poor soil. It also helps water get down deep, which I think is why the avocado is so sad.

So, that's my garden! Well, that's the edible parts. I've left out my carnivores, succulents, and my mum's other various native and decorative plants. She did most of the work on the established plants, she's a fantastic gardener.

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When I suggested the other day that we all look through those long forgotten UFO projects my mind had been fixed on the fabric and thread kind, but as I was cleaning up my sewing room yesterday it was yarn which caught my eye, most especially a crochet rug I began last autumn but did not get far along with. So here we are in another Australian autumn and I'm rather toying with the idea of returning to this project and seeing it through to completion before winter's end. Staying home for many months should work in my favour with regards to that plan, but I'm also considering a basket of leftover yarn from last year's Sweet Pea blanket (Attic 24 pattern) which I made for Rafaella... I did in fact begin a new blanket with them but my cast on row was too tight (I did not think to use a larger hook for that part) and the more rows I crocheted the more obvious that curved cast on row became so I just packed it away rather disappointed and too busy to start over.  But it's been a long time between hooked stitches so I'm going to unravel it this weekend, perhaps whilst watching one of my favourite Jane Austen's, "Persuasion", and then start over.  Two blankets to play with, but which one first?  I'm rather partial to colour you know, and the sweet pea palette is more 'me' than the sandy seashore tones of the other UFO. Have you found something to work on or finish from your UFO bundle? In the kitchen I've made a return to breadmaking, something I did a lot of before we moved here. Through 2015-2018 most our our bread was home made and though there's been the odd spurt of home-baked loaves since then, it's the exception rather than the rule...but life is fast changing for many of us and trips to the grocery store will be few and far between now, so the rhythm of making three loaves a week is back...and it makes me happy. Mr E is rather chuffed too. The first loaf this past week was a light rye, lovely and moist and wonderfully delicious. I also baked an Apricot Shortcake that day, equally as yummy. My husband and I grew up in an era when bread was always on the table alongside the evening meal and though I can go without it these days, he truly loves to have a thick slice or two beside his dinner plate.  The Apricot Shortcake was an experiment, the base and top made using the same recipe as my Strawberry Shortcake (with a teaspoon of vanilla extract added) but I switched the centre layer ingredients to apricot jam and a large tin of drained apricot halves. Wow...we love apricots in our family and this is sure to be made over and over, so I thought you might like the recipe... APRICOT SHORTCAKE RECIPE 125g butter (we use vegan butter) 110g caster sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Beat all of these together until light and fluffy. Fold through - 110g plain white flour 110g white self-raising flour Spread HALF of the dough across the base of a greased and lined round springform cake pan. Warm 3/4 cup of apricot jam and spread it over the dough. Spread the drained apricot halves over the jam (I used an 800g can - that would be a 28oz can for the US). Spread the remaining half of the dough across the apricots - I dropped spoonfuls all over and then gently pressed down with floured hands once all the dough was in place. Sprinkle a teaspoon of sugar across the top of the dough. Bake in a 180C (375F) oven for around 50 minutes. A couple of weeks ago Blossom had gifted me a bowl of her homemade vegan chocolate mousse, which turned out to be more of a very rich fudge - truly scrumptious, but it needed something 'tart' to balance the sweetness. I made a crumb base in my food processor from walnuts, almonds, macadamias and dates which I pressed into four ramekins. Then I spread the fudgy mousse over the base.... ...before topping with my homemade lemon curd. This lemon curd is very tart and ovo-vegan (we use our own hen's eggs), which gave this dessert the kick it needed to impress my husband. I had to try it before I offered some to my husband, right? So good. Just so good. LEMON CURD RECIPE 3 large free-range eggs 1 tablespoon (20ml) of lemon zest 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice 1/4 cup honey 4 tablespoons of coconut oil (80ml) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon cacao butter (around 9 discs) - this is optional but totally worth it Gather all the ingredients before you begin as once this begins coming together its quick. Whisk together eggs, lemon zest and honey in a saucepan, then place on the stove over a medium heat. Immediately begin whisking in the lemon juice, coconut oil, vanilla and cacao butter. Continue to whisk until everything melts and the mixture begins to thicken.  Remove from heat and pour into a container to cool, and store in refrigerator.  In the fridge this will last for around 10 days. Our hens are back in their coop now that the worst of the wet season is over, although as I write this there is steady rain falling outside. They have really missed this area while contained up back in the pool enclosure for more than two months, and having them back in their home has eased a bit of the stress here (they kept escaping from the pool enclosure) as well as brought a small sense of normality to daily rhythms. Our girls lay 12-14 eggs every week, which is more than we use, so my elderly next door neighbour excitedly accepts 2 or 4 at a time.  The yard is a mess, I have to tell you. After the extreme heat of our tropical summer and early autumn combined with the wet season, there's been nothing but weed control and bugs...yet despite that I allowed a few of our basil plants to go to seed and they have produced scores of new plants just in time for the best growing season of our North Queensland year. We use a lot of basil, oregano, parsley, rosemary and thyme, and though some of the herbs have struggled to get by our basil and oregano have flourished. Now I'm waiting to see if the oregano will go to seed as well. It survived the sweltering weather due to sitting in shade under the large Ixora bush all summer. As I said the other day, it's been really difficult not having Blossom, Cully May and Rafaella visit each week, or for me to visit them. How my heart leapt yesterday when Mr E and I received drawings from the girls! They made me cry and then smile with delight because now we have them on the front of the refrigerator. I cannot wait to hug them close again when all this has passed. NEWS - the surprise! Blossom has just allowed me to give you a peek at her almost ready to launch online baby wear shop. My girl has been honing her dressmaking skills for the past 3.5 years, and being homeschooled she knows well how to research, learn, practice, test and then repeat the whole process until she is fully satisfied.  Of course, she may not admit this, but she's actually never fully satisfied and for the next 'however' long years of dressmaking there is ahead of her she'll continue learning and honing her craft because that's just how God made her to be. The sweet little outfits are gorgeous, and so very well made...there's even a bit of vintage Tilda I see! The label for her baby and toddler wear was inspired by her two girls, Cully May and Rafaella Lucy... As soon as the online shop is open I will let you know. May God bless the work of her hands. It sounds as though the rain has settled now so I'd best be away to play in the garden with my man. He has a wheelbarrow full of mature compost ready for me to plant seeds and there's nothing better than soft wet soil to pull weeds, plants seeds and seedlings, and to enjoy the earth beneath your feet. I'll leave you with this beautiful photo I took yesterday. Butterflies are everywhere in the garden at the moment but they do love colour and mostly I find them on flowering bushes or here enjoying a vibrant potted plant waiting to be planted out. Bless each and every one of you, loving hugs #Recipes2020 #Garden2020 #Blossom-LucyAndMay #TheHomemakersHeart #SneakPeeks2020

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Excerpted from an article by Erin Flaherty in the August 2017 issue of Marie Claire

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I am standing in the middle of an organic farm in Kenya, caught in a gloriously turbulent rainfall, clothes soaked, inspecting a macadamia seedling. At some point, the humble seedling will mature to produce nuts. After exploring the macadamia-tree farm, I visit a production facility where the nuts are painstakingly processed. (They are sorted, washed, and dried, and their exterior shells cracked to reveal the precious kernels inside.) Many macadamia nuts wind up in beauty products, and many wind up on grocery store shelves.

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In Rwanda, farming competently is not enough

BY AFRICAN STANDARDS, Rwanda is an agricultural success story. Yields of bananas, beans, cassava and maize—the four main crops by land area—have all risen substantially since the turn of the century. Over the five years to 2017, the country’s maize fields were more productive than those in neighbouring Burundi, Kenya or Tanzania, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation, an arm of the UN.

A third of Rwanda’s small maize farmers and more than two-thirds of small rice farmers plant improved hybrid seeds in the main growing season, which begins in September. Fertiliser imports are rising; in Western province, an agricultural hub, most farmers use it. Smallholders get sound advice from an army of government-trained “farmer promoters” and from One Acre Fund, a large charity. If you believe the government’s figures, extreme poverty is falling. Even if you do not, more houses have metal roofs and cement floors.

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But talk to Marie, who grows beans and maize on steeply sloping land in the village of Ryaruhanga, and it becomes clear that this is not nearly enough. Although Marie has planted improved seeds and used some fertiliser, her crops have fared poorly. Some seeds rotted in the ground, while others grew slowly because of a lack of rain at a critical time. Necessity has driven her to work as an agricultural labourer, for which she receives a mere 800 Rwandan francs ($0.88) a day. She is struggling to keep her children in primary school.

Even competent farmers like Marie live close to the edge—a single bad harvest can drive them into destitution. That is partly because their farms are tiny. Rwanda is more densely populated than the Netherlands, with 490 people to each square kilometre. In contrast to the Netherlands, almost everyone is a farmer. Rural population growth means that land holdings are shrinking. A government survey in 2011 found that 52% of farms in Western province were smaller than 0.3 hectares. Six years later the proportion had reached 63%.

What are smallholder farmers to do? They could up sticks and move to a city. But that may not change their fortunes much. Researchers have found that African cities are less productive than Asian or Latin American ones, perhaps because they lack large industrial employers. A paper by Patricia Jones of Oxford University and others detected a significant wage premium in the biggest cities of Nigeria and Tanzania, but not in other cities in those countries. Only men received the premium.

A smallholder can try to improve the soil. Like much of western Rwanda, Marie’s land is highly acidic. She has tried adding lime, which helped a little. But lime is expensive and heavy, and pays for itself only slowly. Nor can Marie add much organic matter to the soil, which would help it retain water. In the past she cut grass for a compost heap. Now her neighbours compete for the same tufts.

The Rwandan government’s policy is to encourage smallholders to grow more valuable crops. It is promoting fruit trees, which can be highly profitable, if slow to mature. One Acre Fund distributed 6m tree seedlings last year. Many were grevilleas, which grow fast and straight and can be used to make furniture or plant supports. Bean farmers can often boost productivity simply by growing the plants up taller poles, says Eric Pohlman of One Acre Fund.

Not all farmers struggle. A few miles from Marie, Innocent Niyongira grows maize, beans, soya and tomatoes so successfully that he has taken on two workers. He has experimented with plant spacing, finding that sowing maize seeds farther apart produces bigger, more marketable cobs. Having acquired more land, he is thinking of getting into macadamia nuts. How did a man with only five years of schooling become such an excellent farmer? Innocent says that he has been influenced by inspirational stories on the radio, and that he works all the time. Some people are simply better at farming than others. The problem is that poor people in rural areas have almost no alternative.

This article appeared in the Middle East and Africa section of the print edition under the headline "After subsistence, what?"

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Tea in Hawaii: The Most Beautiful Tea Garden I’ve Ever Visited

I’ve been wanting to share this special trip and tea encounter for a while and so happy to finally do it. Not only did we get to experience the unique natural beauty of Onomea Tea gardens, but we learned about the history of tea growing in Hawaii, and about low-elevation tea growing.

A couple of years ago, after the KCRW Good Food segment I did on Chinese and Japanese green teas, I got an email from the tea growers of Onomea Tea on Big Island Hawaii who heard the segment and reached out.

I had learned about tea grown in Hawaii earlier with great interest but now with a specific tea grower in mind, the idea of visiting Hawaii lingered more heavily in my travel daydreams.

Fast forward three years, and Tony and I were actually in Hawaii and made our way to Big Island. We got back in touch with Rob, and were pulling up to a beautiful growing estate on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean when I started seeing some those familiar tea plants, camellia sinensis, we’ve been encountering in all our tea travels around the world.

We were welcomed warmly at Onomea Tea by the proprietors Rob and Mike who have been growing tea in this spot since 2002. Rob provided a great introduction to the grounds with lots of knowledge about not only growing the tea plant in this specific terroir, but the surrounding biodiversity of both native and non-native plants.

Not only did we get to learn about the indigenous Ohia Plant and the Nalpaka Plant, he regaled us with the traditional folk tales that accompanied each plant. Like the tea plant, these plants have become more than a plant but intertwined in history, culture, storytelling, meaning, and illuminating vehicles for understanding a society’s values.

Big Island is, as the name suggests, the biggest island on the right

History of Tea Growing in Big Island

The rich volcanic soil, steady rainfall, and tropical climate of the Big Island has been a rich growing environment for a wide range of agriculture. The current crops most associated with Big Island nowadays are coffee (Kona Coffee) and macadamia nuts, but in the past, Big Island was a big cane sugar producer like other Hawaiian islands.

Cane sugar and pineapple farming in the past and for the majority of coffee grown today on the Big Island, are grown as large scale plantations selling the items as commodity crops.

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Commodity crops mean the crop is typically grown with a focus on volume and speed, easily traded and stored for a long time, and grown specifically for the purpose of sale on the commodities market (as opposed to direct consumption or processing).

Since the Big Island’s climate is ideal for tea growing and there has been much success with other commodity crops, various industrialists have toyed with the idea of tea growing on the Big Island since the 19th century but abandoned it for a few key reasons.

Tea pickers in 1890 Sri Lankan Tea Plantation (Photo Source)

Coffee was cheaper to plant and could be harvested on a shorter timeline, and commodity tea production was already more competitive in Sri Lanka, India, and East Africa.

The majority of tea grown in China, Japan, and Taiwan is not as a commodity, but a specialty artisanal food product.

Tea growing on the Big Island started gaining traction in the last 20 years, however, only when it was re-visited no longer as a commodity large scale crop, but as a small batch specialty artisanal crop similar to how tea is grown in China, Japan, and Taiwan.

With sugar plantations no longer operating on the Big Island, government institutions were hoping to help stimulate the agricultural sector with a new industry. The USDA and University of Hawaii researchers made the tea plant available to anyone willing to experiment with tea production in a move to promote tea growing on the Big Island.

Rob and Mike saw an ad in the newspaper about the University of Hawai'i College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources tea research project giving away tea seedlings and were intrigued.

1.5 acre of tea plants and 15 years later, we were all enjoying the tea that resulted from this intrigue and the various historical factors that brought a tea plant into their hands.

Low-Elevation Growing

As a small specialty tea grower, Onomea Tea operates on a scale similar to many of the small family farms Tranquil Tuesdays works with for our tea collection: picking by hand and carefully crafting the leaves into finished tea in very small batches.

Watching the process Rob and Mike use to craft their teas was so familiar and reminiscent of our many tea travels in China.

One distinctive feature of Onomea’s tea growing process is that they are growing tea plants at sea level. Usually, teas are grown at higher elevation (at least 1500 feet or higher) and often on terraced hillsides. Usually, the higher the elevation the tea is grown at, the more prized the tea.

I took this photo while traveling through the high elevation tea mountains of Taiwan.

Higher elevations are preferred for tea growing for a number of reasons. At higher elevation the plants get more mist and fog creating a humid environment for the plant. More temperature variations and less oxygen at higher elevations also create more stress for the plant which affects the flavor. And lastly, plants take longer to grow at higher elevations which help the flavors develop more slowly in the leaf.

One thing I did notice though in their tea gardens that seemed unique to the locale, was how the tea plant was growing in a similar shape as one of the indigenous trees we saw around the island: the same broad round canopy:

Onomea Tea has found success creating a distinctive flavor in their teas grown at sea level, however, and no doubt the unique terroir of a volcanic soil overlooking the ocean and how the tea plant has adapted to this environment is a big part of that.

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When I suggested the other day that we all look through those long forgotten UFO projects my mind had been fixed on the fabric and thread kind, but as I was cleaning up my sewing room yesterday it was yarn which caught my eye, most especially a crochet rug I began last autumn but did not get far along with. So here we are in another Australian autumn and I'm rather toying with the idea of returning to this project and seeing it through to completion before winter's end. Staying home for many months should work in my favour with regards to that plan, but I'm also considering a basket of leftover yarn from last year's Sweet Pea blanket (Attic 24 pattern) which I made for Rafaella... I did in fact begin a new blanket with them but my cast on row was too tight (I did not think to use a larger hook for that part) and the more rows I crocheted the more obvious that curved cast on row became so I just packed it away rather disappointed and too busy to start over.  But it's been a long time between hooked stitches so I'm going to unravel it this weekend, perhaps whilst watching one of my favourite Jane Austen's, "Persuasion", and then start over.  Two blankets to play with, but which one first?  I'm rather partial to colour you know, and the sweet pea palette is more 'me' than the sandy seashore tones of the other UFO. Have you found something to work on or finish from your UFO bundle? In the kitchen I've made a return to breadmaking, something I did a lot of before we moved here. Through 2015-2018 most our our bread was home made and though there's been the odd spurt of home-baked loaves since then, it's the exception rather than the rule...but life is fast changing for many of us and trips to the grocery store will be few and far between now, so the rhythm of making three loaves a week is back...and it makes me happy. Mr E is rather chuffed too. The first loaf this past week was a light rye, lovely and moist and wonderfully delicious. I also baked an Apricot Shortcake that day, equally as yummy. My husband and I grew up in an era when bread was always on the table alongside the evening meal and though I can go without it these days, he truly loves to have a thick slice or two beside his dinner plate.  The Apricot Shortcake was an experiment, the base and top made using the same recipe as my Strawberry Shortcake (with a teaspoon of vanilla extract added) but I switched the centre layer ingredients to apricot jam and a large tin of drained apricot halves. Wow...we love apricots in our family and this is sure to be made over and over, so I thought you might like the recipe... APRICOT SHORTCAKE RECIPE 125g butter (we use vegan butter) 110g caster sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Beat all of these together until light and fluffy. Fold through - 110g plain white flour 110g white self-raising flour Spread HALF of the dough across the base of a greased and lined round springform cake pan. Warm 3/4 cup of apricot jam and spread it over the dough. Spread the drained apricot halves over the jam (I used an 800g can - that would be a 28oz can for the US). Spread the remaining half of the dough across the apricots - I dropped spoonfuls all over and then gently pressed down with floured hands once all the dough was in place. Sprinkle a teaspoon of sugar across the top of the dough. Bake in a 180C (375F) oven for around 50 minutes. A couple of weeks ago Blossom had gifted me a bowl of her homemade vegan chocolate mousse, which turned out to be more of a very rich fudge - truly scrumptious, but it needed something 'tart' to balance the sweetness. I made a crumb base in my food processor from walnuts, almonds, macadamias and dates which I pressed into four ramekins. Then I spread the fudgy mousse over the base.... ...before topping with my homemade lemon curd. This lemon curd is very tart and ovo-vegan (we use our own hen's eggs), which gave this dessert the kick it needed to impress my husband. I had to try it before I offered some to my husband, right? So good. Just so good. LEMON CURD RECIPE 3 large free-range eggs 1 tablespoon (20ml) of lemon zest 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice 1/4 cup honey 4 tablespoons of coconut oil (80ml) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon cacao butter (around 9 discs) - this is optional but totally worth it Gather all the ingredients before you begin as once this begins coming together its quick. Whisk together eggs, lemon zest and honey in a saucepan, then place on the stove over a medium heat. Immediately begin whisking in the lemon juice, coconut oil, vanilla and cacao butter. Continue to whisk until everything melts and the mixture begins to thicken.  Remove from heat and pour into a container to cool, and store in refrigerator.  In the fridge this will last for around 10 days. Our hens are back in their coop now that the worst of the wet season is over, although as I write this there is steady rain falling outside. They have really missed this area while contained up back in the pool enclosure for more than two months, and having them back in their home has eased a bit of the stress here (they kept escaping from the pool enclosure) as well as brought a small sense of normality to daily rhythms. Our girls lay 12-14 eggs every week, which is more than we use, so my elderly next door neighbour excitedly accepts 2 or 4 at a time.  The yard is a mess, I have to tell you. After the extreme heat of our tropical summer and early autumn combined with the wet season, there's been nothing but weed control and bugs...yet despite that I allowed a few of our basil plants to go to seed and they have produced scores of new plants just in time for the best growing season of our North Queensland year. We use a lot of basil, oregano, parsley, rosemary and thyme, and though some of the herbs have struggled to get by our basil and oregano have flourished. Now I'm waiting to see if the oregano will go to seed as well. It survived the sweltering weather due to sitting in shade under the large Ixora bush all summer. As I said the other day, it's been really difficult not having Blossom, Cully May and Rafaella visit each week, or for me to visit them. How my heart leapt yesterday when Mr E and I received drawings from the girls! They made me cry and then smile with delight because now we have them on the front of the refrigerator. I cannot wait to hug them close again when all this has passed. NEWS - the surprise! Blossom has just allowed me to give you a peek at her almost ready to launch online baby wear shop. My girl has been honing her dressmaking skills for the past 3.5 years, and being homeschooled she knows well how to research, learn, practice, test and then repeat the whole process until she is fully satisfied.  Of course, she may not admit this, but she's actually never fully satisfied and for the next 'however' long years of dressmaking there is ahead of her she'll continue learning and honing her craft because that's just how God made her to be. The sweet little outfits are gorgeous, and so very well made...there's even a bit of vintage Tilda I see! The label for her baby and toddler wear was inspired by her two girls, Cully May and Rafaella Lucy... As soon as the online shop is open I will let you know. May God bless the work of her hands. It sounds as though the rain has settled now so I'd best be away to play in the garden with my man. He has a wheelbarrow full of mature compost ready for me to plant seeds and there's nothing better than soft wet soil to pull weeds, plants seeds and seedlings, and to enjoy the earth beneath your feet. I'll leave you with this beautiful photo I took yesterday. Butterflies are everywhere in the garden at the moment but they do love colour and mostly I find them on flowering bushes or here enjoying a vibrant potted plant waiting to be planted out. Bless each and every one of you, loving hugs #Recipes2020 #Garden2020 #Blossom-LucyAndMay #TheHomemakersHeart #SneakPeeks2020

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4,000 hectares of new macadamia plants in Australia

4,000 hectares of new macadamia plants in Australia

Scott Gregson-Allcott, CEO, Macadamia Farm Management (MFM), Bundaberg, North Queensland, is undoubtedly one of the industry’s most innovative operators. Prior to MFM Scott managed a large vegetable seedling nursery in Bowen, North Queensland, before  establishing a large macadamia nursery ‘MACQ’ in Bundaberg which supplied grafted macadamia trees to major stakeholders within the industry. He…

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