Yep and was thinking of giving the chilli relish a crack but the missus suggested i post a quick thread first to see if anyone had any other suggestions.:shrug:

Any good receipes for tomato chutney?
How do you preserve chillies?
Sorry should have said I was looking for something a little more detailed on how to do these things.
Dont have any room in the freezer as only have a very small one.

hello old tom.:wave:
love the avater.

some beautiful sweet chillies, tomato and parsley. Made an omlete and the missus sais it was the best one she has ever had (she knows how to get me to make more).:lol:

ccbear make sure you wear protective glasses when dealing with stink beetles. My citrus isnt very tall so i just pick them of with old gloves and drop them in a bucket of hot soapy water or wack them off and hope they fall in the bucket so i don’t have to pick them up.

Welcome Nat, I have always wanted to visit tassie and they sound of all those beautful native animals has me excited. Never heard of a quoll or a turbo chook and would love to see any photos if you ever get any then please post them on this site.
Anyway good to meet you and hope i don’t sound to ignorant not knowing these creatures but i come from…[Read more]

I think the best thing is to just act like you would with anybody else. The world is full of rude people and if you let them get to you they have won. My mums mum was rude to her for 30 years and i was always more proud of my mums actions than i was angry at the treatment gran gave her. I am sure that as what happened to my mum everybody will…[Read more]

Love it……have had to delay getting our chickens for awhile so really looking forward to entertaining my chook fascination through this thread.:clap:

Hi Boot,
Does look like you have had some wet weather up there. I’ve been watching the cricket on the tele and it looks like a pretty nice day today though. Welcome to ALS I’m pretty new to the site myself but have already learn’t so much.:wave:

My next door neighbor grows the best tomatoes and he grows them both in trenchs and mounds so i don’t think you can go wrong. Except of course if you live next to the best tomato grower around, like me. Every year he shows me up! My 5 yr old daughter always asks if they are our tomatos or Jimmys (our neighhbor). This year i thought i would trump…[Read more]

Pulled out an older paw paw tree a while ago and my neighbor noticed and gave me a mango tree to plant so put that in today.:D

garlic,spinach and some broad beans. This is my first year harvesting garlic and read you should put them out to dry in the sun for a day or two before moving them to a dark well ventilated place for a few weeks. Hope this is right as i can’t wait to try it, I’m sick of the bleached stuff from china we get here in sydney.

what a beautiful little girl congrats to you and your family:tup:

love all the great quotes and don’t have one from a ALS member but always loved this one………..
“some people make people happy whereever they go,others whenever they go” Oscar Wilde

hello sounds like you have been busy with the new house and the kids.my family back in NZ kill alot of there own meat and whenever i go back i always seem to enjoy the meat more(i also think my family enjoys feeding me it as i was a vegetarian for 10years).:D

hey there lads…i am very jealous of all your fantastic animals and the old collection of minis sounds great.i remember my gran had one when i was about your age and i used to love cruising around in it with her.also good to here you are giving your mum a hand with the cooking,my little daughter loves cooking with me.:tup:

i reuse all my jars and i haven’t had any problems yet,but most of what i preserve get’s gobbled up pretty quickly by my friends and family,as living in the city i find not many of my friends are really into preserving things(no time they keep telling me).i sterilise all the jars in the oven but would love to here how other people do this.i also…[Read more]

i also like to bake mine(but haven’t grown any the size of softballs!)then leave to cool.in the mean time i mix diced tomato,mint,lentils with a splash of balsamic vinager and olive oil then season with a bit of salt &pepper.lay this on a plate then then top with blanched asparagus,beetroot and goats curd.drizzle with olive oil and some more mint…[Read more]

Looks fantastic…..when i finish my chook house i will have to make sure my chooks never see a photo of that or they will probably stop laying in protest!!!!!

hello ashley80 i’m very new to the site myself,after seeing the forum advertised in a mag,but already have found so many good articles and all the members offer such great feedback.