Dealing with those garden monsters
It is the season of the annual zucchini tsunami, and Hilary Rowley has found a seriously delicious way to use a whole shipload of these prolific beasts.
Frugal but fabulous
Ngaio makes a magical potion
Ngaio makes a magical potion
A little rongoā can take the itch and slap out of holiday time.
A cabbage that keeps on giving
A cabbage that keeps on giving
Collard greens have spread around the world.
Tastebuds go wild and free
Tastebuds go wild and free
These lesser alliums are a tasty alternative.
Soap growing on trees
Soap growing on trees
It’s nuts how easy it is to clean up.
The season’s creamy surplus can be pure gold.
The season’s creamy surplus can be pure gold.
The season’s creamy surplus can be pure gold.
A route out of caffeine dependence
A route out of caffeine dependence
Never mind weeding the dandelions. Plant a few extras and become your own brewmaster.
From little acorns
From little acorns
The prolific oak tree can be quite the staple, as long as you get to its acorns first.
Dinner wrapped up in box
Dinner wrapped up in box
You can save power while serving up a hot meal, writes Hilary Rowley.
Black gold for the garden
Black gold for the garden
It feels counterintuitive, but some charred remains might be the best thing for our gardens, writes Hilary Rowley.
Wine of a more familiar terroir
Wine of a more familiar terroir
Hilary Rowley raises a glass to traditions handed down.
Eating back the seaweed tide
Eating back the seaweed tide
There’s a Japanese delicacy on the rocks, writes Hilary Rowley.
Pulses bring the garden alive
Pulses bring the garden alive
I’m trying to grow as much of the food we need in our backyard garden and have found that it's relatively easy to grow enough vegetables for a year, with a bit of strategic in-season eating and freezing or preserving.
Kernels of a good idea
Kernels of a good idea
Now is the perfect time to start growing flint corn from seed so you can make polenta and tortillas, writes Hilary Rowley.
Back to basics the best medicine for dogs
Back to basics the best medicine for dogs
A dog’s life should include a proper dog’s breakfast, and other meals too, writes Hilary Rowley.
The kernel of many ideas
The kernel of many ideas
Chestnuts make for a tasty roadside attraction, writes Hilary Rowley.
The sauce of all my solutions
The sauce of all my solutions
We had long since reached "peak zucchini" and were being threatened with having our entire property overwhelmed by an avalanche of giant cucurbits. This vegetable disaster was averted by my friend,...
Vegetable jamborees
Vegetable jamborees
Birds? Tick. Rabbits? Tick. White butterflies? Tick. But Hilary Rowley has finally found a cheap way to send these garden pests packing, or camping, as it turns out.