st erth's

St Erth's is a formal cool climate garden in Blackwood with espaliered fruit trees, rows of organised fecund vegetables (of impressive yields, described in tonnes). Bush to play in and Kookaburras to listen to. Mossy, slippery and quiet with signs of wombats. Magic.

What Joy wore to her birthday

bread and the adventures of the sour dough culture

A friend from the co-op helped us start our own sour dough culture. It's like a pet needing feeding. Now working through a 20 kg bag of flour. Our latest yum experiment - half rye with pecans. 

Freeform is good but loaf shaped ends with a cleaner oven and a glorious shape.