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s for abandoning my blogging duties sometimes there are just not enough hours in the day what with planting and harvesting our own organically grown veggies turning them into award winning preserves being secretary of the otway harvest trail being president of the birregurra cw a branch chambermaid duties for the cabin and occasionally i turn into a washerwoman and make an attempt at getting some clothes laundered i tend to get a little side tracked we have been busy the past few months there is always something happening on our little patch it has been a dry season not much rain this means that many days have been taken up with watering the garden to keep the plants alive one of our list jobs is to sort our our watering system so that i don t have to stand at the end of a hose maybe this winter i can t make up for lost time but here is a quick trip through the past season according to local folklore if you count three months after a thick morning fog you ll get heavy rain well we have had a few foggy mornings this summer so we re looking forward to a little bit of the wet stuff this winter our dam is very low it needs topping up there are some parts of the garden that have given us blooms no matter how much i have neglected them i love this garden bed it holds some of my all time favourite blooms zinnias dahlias borage cosmos geraniums and rocket flowers it was a slow start for the toms but they ve come belting in we re picking every couple of days each time we pick we chop chop chop these lovely tomatoes go into the freezer and come out when we need them for sauces relish and our famous kasoundi i m always amazed how quickly a vegetable bed fills with greenery at the beginning of the season it s hard to imagine tiny seedlings growing straight and tall and producing buckets of food ahhh the first of the nectarines announced their readiness in january these are the white variety soooo incredibly sweet sucking on a warm piece of fruit whilst standing next to the tree juice running down your arm that is one of life s all time pleasures what is more delightful than a basket of goodness zucchinis that will be blitzed for relish and flowers to put in a vase for the kitchen table the bees have been busy frans was asked by steve robinson from otway pasta to rob his hive this is one frans has not encountered before it is an african top box hive a little different to the hives we have on our farm a couple of hours later and steve had a big bucket of oozing liquid gold meanwhile back at our farm frans harvested honey not once but four times in one season we were truly blessed this year with the honey harvest he lashed out and bought a bright shiny italian made honey extractor to make the job a little easier we ve bottled around 100kgs of wonderful raw honey the first drop our honey is available in local stores around the district at local markets and from our porch pantry it is delicious we are about 1km from the forest where the bees gather nectar for the many tea trees and leptospermum trees our very own version of manuka honey want some try jo s pantry in colac gosling creek winery and from our porch pantry this is the best way of celebrating a morning of honey extraction drizzle some honey on a warm loaf of freshly baked bread besides making jams chutney and cordials we ve been fermenting vegetables to make kimchi and sauerkraut fermented foods are good for your gut health we always have something cooking on the fermenting table beside the window kimchi sauerkraut not for sale we make this because we feel that eating fermented foods is an essential ingredient in our daily food intake maybe i ll play around with some of my recipes and bottle them for sale we ve had a small product development collaboration with friends and neighbours paul and wendy troughton from forrest foods they grow amazing shiitake mushrooms and supply top restaurants around the region including brae and bespoke harvest paul supplied the mushrooms and i turned them into sensational pickles each batch we make sells out very quickly it is usually all hands on deck when we re processing the pickles i combined shiitakes and our black garlic to create an antioxidant rich vegetarian broth delicious as a base to a lovely risotto you can find our delicious shiitake pickles at the forrest general store jo s pantry in colac dinny goonan wines and from us directly yes we re rather silly sometimes here are a couple of crazy birregurra cwa girls and myself getting all stupid in a pic with legendary country music star james blundell james kindly signed a jar of our luscious cwa berry jam we auctioned it and raised 55 for the jar our two new baby calves born in november are doing well young lucky on the right is now going to be a mum her first time frans and i dog sat our friend norma s spaniel thompson for a while he became part of the furniture very quickly we actually miss him and no i m not thinking of getting a dog soon maybe a recent collage of some of our kitchen experiments let me tell you that picking dandelions for dandelion jelly is a total nut job it took my lovely neighbour lorraine and i ages to pick the right number of flowers then we had to strip them to prepare them for the jelly let s just say this is not going to be a regular product line we looked after sara and stephen s lovely dog tilly for a couple of weeks she s so fast she will catch her ball all day long if you have the energy to toss it or kick it to her our neighbour graham ploughed our garlic patch for us our mate paul shiitake paul then dropped off a lovely load of compost which frans and ted brother in law spread over the beds then a week later it has started to rain what fabulous timing the worms are going nuts wriggling about the beds and creating a wonderful rich environment for our garlic cloves it s great getting help from our friends and neighbours who have the right equipment thanks graham paul apples loads of them we ve made three batches of our own apple cider this season we look forward to trying it out in a few months frans mum maria who is 95 this year came to visit for just under 2 weeks she happy chopped apples for the cider and a few dishes of dutch apple sauce the autumn leaves are turning yellow and gold this is the old mulberry tree soon it will be bare on a clear evening you ll find us beside the old shed sipping a glass of red beside the fire pit and just because i haven t put a pic of us up for ages you can see how the good life is treating us fit fat and flourishing till next time look after yourselves frans ami posted by ami at 2 43 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday october 14 2015 spring has sprung the last time i posted something on this page it was to announce how excited we were to receive a silver award from the royal melbourne fine foods awards sara and i headed to the gala dinner which happened to be in the masterchef building we were like star struck teenagers we were not alone everyone there was taking the odd selfie it was such a vibrant atmosphere with so many amazing producers all in one room sara outside the entrance we entered via a red carpet we re in the book of 2015 around the farm the fruit trees are blossoming at last this is our plum it is looking beautiful in the polytunnel the broad beans flowered and we picked the first pods a week ago they made their way down to forrest to bespoke harvest and appeared on their dinner menu last weakend everywhere we look there is colour i love this gnarled rhododendron that somehow survives along the old shed wall i never water it its saving grace is that the tree sits on the south facing wall during the month frans got some jobs finished that have been on his list for a long time a big tick went beside the underfloor insulation of the cabin as you well know frans is not fond of small crawl spaces i was tasked with handing tools to him cutting insulation sheets and generally keep him from panicking finally we have some lovely signs up this one is down on the corner of the crabb farm and this big sign is now at the front gate we think they look pretty good i planted some flowers that need watering in the flower bed silly mistake it s a mission to drag a water bucket down to the gate i will forget that idea and think of something else in the mean time the bulbs have been lovely and we wait for the aggies to grow no they re not self seeding they re infertile so not a weed another big chore was to check the bee hives frans was fortunate to have a local bee keeper and berry grower come and give him a hand and some pointers we have tasted our first honey for a year it is delicious more to come we hope frans did a pretty good job of getting the mower bogged in some soggy ground it required a four wheel drive and a snatch strap no damage done they i had a minor altercation with a tree this incident also required a four wheel drive and a snatch strap damage hopefully not it is a delight to dig up a garden bed and find a load of hidden gems aprons are essential for gathering produce when a basket is not at hand not a straight perfect carrot among these fine specimens we re picking fennel too i cooked this delicious yotam ottolenghi dish it was fabulous if you love vegetables then this book is excellent i recommend it highly it is called plenty more i continue to experiment in the kitchen there is always something brewing in this pic is a jar of honey fermenting into mead there s a pot of kefir and under the wax cloth is a big ball of sourdough rising nothing in the round clay pot it s just there because i love it and it reminds me of our amazing journey to india still experimenting we re using our black garlic papery skins to smoke foods delicious with chicken or fish and still on the subject of fermentation we took our large kombucha jar to two markets we wanted folks to try it and see what all the fuss is about we have come home both times with an empty vessel it s exciting to see how positive the reactions are to this delicious probiotic drink we ve had a few visitors enjoying the spring weather the cabin is a little haven away from the crazy world of the city sit on the verandah and you can see all the way to the otways the little garden around the cabin is beginning to look more settled we have a few more ideas yet we had a delightful couple stay with us a few weeks ago this is what they left us what a delightful thank you sunrise is always a lovely time of the day now that daylight savings has arrived we get to enjoy the mornings that little bit earlier there s been much digging preparing garden beds for spring planting the soil is healthy and full of good worm action just look at this monster i m thrilled to see we have our first almonds ripening on the trees these orange poppies are like weeds i can t get rid of them but at the same time i do love their cheeriness the strawberry flowers have started and that means one thing strawberries soon it was the birregurra festival last weekend sara and stephen entered tilly the wonder dog into the jumping competition here they are waiting their turn and here stephen is encouraging tilly to jump 6 feet up and over the boards sara is standing on the back of a ute encouraging her up and she did it she didn t come first but she certainly gave city dogs some kudos if you re still with me this is pretty exciting we have been nominated for the agribusiness category of the colac otway business awards the announcement is on the 17th of october being finalists is already a great buzz and for the bird lovers this baby magpie has just left the next he allowed me to stroke his feathers and watched me as i worked in the garden bed beside him my favourite tree on the farm is the willow tree the empty fronds have started growing leaves again soon it will be time to place a comfortable chair in the shade and read a book for a while this is what spring and summer is about and last but not least the view from our farm is just glorious at sundown we re treated to a few minutes where the light turns gold this is known as the golden hour one of our neighbour s sheep had twins aren t they too cute for words till next time stay safe ami posted by ami at 3 59 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me ami gerangamete vic australia otway fields is a small farm on the edge of the otways in victoria we grow veggies organically raise our own chickens and beef and live as self sufficiently as we can we have a small guest cabin on the farm and offer bed breakfast accommodation view my complete profile visit our website otway fields facebook badge ami hillege create your badge ami hillege likes otway fields create your like badge email me at amihillege gmail com subscribe to posts atom posts all comments atom all comments followers search this blog blog archive 2016 1 may 1 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