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Make Tea, Kill Weeds!
View recipe: Make Tea, Kill Weeds!I just wanted to share a chemical free way of killing weeds. This tip is great for those tenacious weeds growing in brick paving or growing right next to another plant. I guess you just have to weigh up for yourself the cost to the planet to use and boil the water vs the chemicals, water,…
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PK’s Curry Paste Kit
View recipe: PK’s Curry Paste KitYou’ve probably noticed, that for me, cooking is a journey thing and not a destination thing. Nothing epitomises this more than making your own curry pastes. I love the experience of sourcing the spices and getting inside tips from Asian grocers. It has also driven much of the layout of my kitchen garden so I can get…
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PK’s Knife 101
View recipe: PK’s Knife 101I only have two knives that I use in the kitchen. Both are from knife makers Global and I use the larger one for almost everything. I bought both of them as ex demo stock years ago and was never really happy with them until I sharpened them myself using a whetstone. A really sharp…
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Welchy’s Ultimate Fry Pan Cheese Toastie
View recipe: Welchy’s Ultimate Fry Pan Cheese ToastieAs a kid, the ultimate treat was one of Mum’s cheese toasted sandwiches. This wasn’t just your run of the mill, use-a-toaster type of toasted sandwich though. Mum perfected the Ultimate Cheese Toastie in the fry-pan! Buttery, toasted, crunchy goodness on the outside with superbly melted stringy cheese in the middle…served with you know…a heaping…
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Welchy’s Ultimate Cheese Toastie
View recipe: Welchy’s Ultimate Cheese ToastieAs a kid, the ultimate treat was one of Mum’s cheese toasted sandwiches. This wasn’t just your run of the mill, use-a-toaster type of toasted sandwich though. Mum perfected the Ultimate Cheese Toastie in the fry-pan! Buttery, toasted, crunchy goodness on the outside with superbly melted and stringy cheese in the middle…served with you know…a…
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Curry Leaf Trees
View recipe: Curry Leaf TreesI love curry leaf trees. The sight and the aroma they release when you brush past them make me smile. They can be hard to find in a nursery and they are not cheap. I got mine from Bunnings as a small seedling. I am keeping it to less than two meters tall through regular…
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Curry Leaf Tree (Murraya koenigii)
View recipe: Curry Leaf Tree (Murraya koenigii)I love this tree. The sight of it and the smell it releases when you brush past it make me smile. It can be hard to find in a nursery and they are not cheap. I got mine from Bunnings as a small seedling and resisting the temptation to harvest it too early took a…
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How To Prepare Freshly Caught Squid
View recipe: How To Prepare Freshly Caught SquidMy ideal fishing trip sees me catching a few squid for dinner. Unfortunately I am terrible at catching squid 🙂 . Occasionally I get lucky but mostly resort to bartering a few table fish for them with my mates. These lovely looking squid rings came out of Owen Anchorage (just south of the port of…
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I Caught A Squid, Now What?
View recipe: I Caught A Squid, Now What?My ideal fishing trip sees me catching a few squid for dinner. Shame that I am terrible at catching squid. I mostly resort to bartering a few table fish for them with my mates. That said, even a blind pig finds a truffle now and then :).
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Bucket Pond Make And Manage
View recipe: Bucket Pond Make And ManageI just can’t bring myself to like mosquitoes. They suck your blood, make you itch and can give you some nasty diseases. Certainly entry grounds into my BadCritters club :). So I take much pleasure in my bucket pond’s mosquito killing power. It was so easy and cheap to make. Maintenance varies from rarely to…
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