Latest Blog Posts for Rosehips and Rhubarb

• White and Dark Chocolate Dipped Strawberries
  on Mar 5, 2015 in By the Seasons Dessert Summer berries celebrations chocolate seasonal eating
  Chocolate dipped strawberries truly are one of the world’s easiest recipes.  They’re on a par with making a slice of toast or heating up a tin of soup. But unlike toast and cream-of-chicken, chocolate dipped strawberries are both beautif...
• Our March Garden: Dry and Desperate
  on Mar 1, 2015 in Autumn By the Seasons Flowers Fruit green living Grow herbs Summer sustain Vegetables garden
  Sometimes I think food gardening is a mug’s game.  It’s so frustrating to spend years nourishing the soil and months nurturing seeds and seedlings only to have lack of rain and hot weather destroy everything.  I know others are struggli...
• Merlin the Rescue Kitten
  on Feb 28, 2015 in green living sustain adelaide community recycling
  Today Merlin the rescue kitten entered our lives, unexpectedly but delightfully. You see, our son Will asked for a dog for his 12th birthday, but after meeting several dogs that need new owners, none were a perfect match. We had just about given up h...
• Fresh Lime Ice Cream
  on Feb 24, 2015 in By the Seasons Cook Dessert Recipes Summer citrus eggs local eating seasonal eating
  Here in South Australia, summer has arrived with a vengeance.  The past two weekends have been almost unbearably hot, with temperatures reaching into the 40s celsius.  It’s been too hot to cook much and too hot to garden.  But in my opinion...
• How to Use the Konmari Method with Teenagers
  on Feb 19, 2015 in Book reviews Read Reviews decluttering
  A couple of weeks ago I wrote about successfully using the Konmari method to declutter and organise my 11-year-old son’s room.  Easy, you say.  Just wait till he’s a teenager. It’s true.  Teenagers are deeply attached to their st...
• Strawberry Ice Cream
  on Feb 14, 2015 in By the Seasons Cook Dessert Recipes Summer berries chocolate
  Every year on Valentine’s Day I try to create a special family dessert.  One year I made chocolate cupcakes with pink buttercream decorated with chocolate hearts.  Another year I made heart-shaped biscuits and got the kids to ice and decorate...
• Four Fabulous Plum Recipes
  on Feb 12, 2015 in Baking Cakes Cook Fruit Grow Preserves Recipes Summer fruit trees garden plums
  As I mentioned in a previous post, January was the month of the plum in the Rosehips and Rhubarb household. Our two plum trees, a Satsuma planted not long after we moved here in March 2010 and a Mariposa planted just 18 months ago, decided that this...
• Decluttering a Child’s Room Using the Konmari Method
  on Feb 8, 2015 in Book reviews Read decluttering
  Japanese organising expert Marie Kondo’s ‘Konmari method’ of decluttering and tidying is taking the world by storm.  Where most decluttering methods focus on what you need to get rid of — ‘you need 33 items of clothing&...
• Easy Plum Streusel Cake
  on Feb 6, 2015 in Baking By the Seasons Cakes Cook Dessert Recipes Summer baking local eating plums
  Finally. Finally we are at the end of our backyard plum harvest.  And what a harvest it’s been. I’ve spent the past few weeks in a delightful frenzy of jam-making and bottling and baking.  I smile every time I look inside my pantry.  N...
• Essential Edibles Food Swap February 2015
  on Feb 3, 2015 in green living Summer sustain food swap local eating seasonal eating sustainability
  As regular readers of this blog know, attending my local food swap is a highlight of every month.  I *love* it.  Food swaps are such happy events, bringing people together who are passionate about local food or gardening or both. At our food swap n...

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