Robuta

https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/06/roast-duck-again.html cabbage tree farm: Roast duck again Success on the hunting front, another 2 ducks. So last night we enjoyed a roast duck with roast potatoes, kumara, peas and gravy. Yum. I thi... cabbage tree farmroast duck https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/12/then-there-were-7.html cabbage tree farm: Then there were 7 I went down to feed the chicks this morning and counted them up. Only 7 there this morning.....one of the brown ones has gone, oh dear. Yest... cabbage tree farm https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2010/11/time-at-beach.html?showComment=1290804817410 cabbage tree farm: Time at the beach Yesterday we did our usual run up to Whangarei to do some shopping and on the way home we stopped off at Uretiti beach on the East coast. H... cabbage tree farmat thetimebeach https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/12/another-batch-of-soap.html cabbage tree farm: Another batch of soap Over the weekend I got around to mixing up another batch of soap. This is my third time of soap making. So far I'm sticking to this basi... cabbage tree farmanotherbatchsoap https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/07/normal-transmission-will-resume-shortly.html?showComment=1309724712969 cabbage tree farm: Normal transmission will resume shortly... sorry folks have been under the weather with a nasty bug, will be back soon... cabbage tree farmnormaltransmissionresumeshortly https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/12/solstic-sunset.html?showComment=1324625462475 cabbage tree farm: Solstic sunset Hi everyone Yesterday (the 22nd) was our Summer Solstice here in the Southern Hemisphere. Also known as the longest day. We enjoyed this b... cabbage tree farmsunset https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/09/weeds.html?showComment=1315390360816 cabbage tree farm: Weeds Does anyone know what plant this is? It came up in the garden and I (somewhat foolishly) left it there because the bees love it, but now ... cabbage tree farmweeds https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/11/saving-money-around-house.html cabbage tree farm: Saving money around the house There are a couple of substances hanging around the place of greater value than we may all realise..... I'm talking about vodka for one. Loa... cabbage tree farmsaving moneyaroundhouse https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2013/08/just-for-your-moo-sment.html?showComment=1377462946427 cabbage tree farm: Just for your 'a-MOO-sment'! Sorry couldn't resist! Has been a sick house here so last week was a write off. Very frustrating when there is so much work to be done ... cabbage tree farmjust formoo https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/12/solstic-sunset.html?showComment=1324610608276 cabbage tree farm: Solstic sunset Hi everyone Yesterday (the 22nd) was our Summer Solstice here in the Southern Hemisphere. Also known as the longest day. We enjoyed this b... cabbage tree farmsunset https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2010/11/broad-bean-harvest.html cabbage tree farm: Broad bean harvest I harvested the remainder of the broad beans yesterday, got about 3 bucket loads of beans which are now shelled and in the freezer. This was... cabbage tree farmbroad beanharvest https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2010/08/more-fruit-trees.html?showComment=1281601523389 cabbage tree farm: More special fruit trees We collected 3 trees from Kaiwaka Gardens (ex. Koanga) and planted them yesterday. They are 2 apples - Northern Spy, a well-known and loved ... cabbage tree farmmore specialfruittrees https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/03/figs.html cabbage tree farm: Figs Imagine my surprise when hubby came home last night, with a huge crop of fresh figs acquired from one of the farms he was working on! Must b... cabbage tree farmfigs https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/01/on-my-mind-today.html?showComment=1295632853116 cabbage tree farm: On my mind today... ..are fresh tomatoes out of the garden. Here is a selection of what's ripe at present: Black Krim, Roma, Green Sausage and a 'Cocktail' m... cabbage tree farmon my mindtoday https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2016/01/january.html?showComment=1454527311566 cabbage tree farm: January Hello and a very happy new year to all! I have been away in England for a month and am slowly getting back into the swing of farm life... cabbage tree farmjanuary https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2012/01/update.html?showComment=1328866661918 cabbage tree farm: Update I started this post a while ago and have just not been in the mood/had the time to finish it. Maybe I'll take a bit of a break from the blog... cabbage tree farmupdate https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/11/manuka-and-manuka-honey.html cabbage tree farm: Manuka and manuka honey See here for more info about what makes manuka honey special. Here are a few more pics. cabbage tree farmmanukahoney https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2012/12/summer-solstice.html cabbage tree farm: Summer Solstice Today is our Summer Solstice here in the NZ (the ' shortest LONGEST day'), looks to be a beautiful day outside. Hope all is well with e... cabbage tree farmsummersolstice https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2014/03/grape-juice.html?showComment=1394859438472 cabbage tree farm: Grape juice As you know I've been really busy in the kitchen lately, preserving lots of lovely peaches and tomatoes. I've done several bottles of peach... cabbage tree farmgrapejuice https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/12/and-i-pass-liebster-blog-award-on-to.html cabbage tree farm: And I pass the Liebster blog award on to... These 5 blogs (in no particular order): Mrs Mac over at The Thrifty Garden/Home Providence Acres Farm Shaheen over at A2K - Allotme... cabbage tree farmliebster blog award https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2012/01/update.html?showComment=1327349377466 cabbage tree farm: Update I started this post a while ago and have just not been in the mood/had the time to finish it. Maybe I'll take a bit of a break from the blog... cabbage tree farmupdate https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/09/our-hols-and-some-pics.html cabbage tree farm: Our hols and some pics Hi everyone, I'm back from hols. We had a nice little tour around, visited our lovely friends and had a break from the daily grind on the fa... cabbage tree farmholspics https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2010/11/remember-remember-5th-of-november.html?showComment=1289331315415 cabbage tree farm: Remember, remember the 5th of November We've been having 'Guy Fawkes night' as it's known here in NZ (bonfire night in the UK). Why do we 'remember' Guy Fawkes and celebrate w... cabbage tree farmremembernovember https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/12/hey-look-up-at-sky.html?showComment=1228246260000 cabbage tree farm: Hey - look up at the sky! Just caught a view of the crescent moon with 2 planets above, Venus and Jupiter. Since I don't have a super duper camera, I can't do it just... cabbage tree farmlook upat theheysky https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2009/06/kereru-feeding-on-elderberry.html cabbage tree farm: Kereru feeding on ?elderberry This pic taken in a local carpark, does anyone know if the plant is elderberry? or something else maybe? (click on pic to make it bigger). T... cabbage tree farmkererufeedingelderberry https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/07/more-goat-meat-again.html cabbage tree farm: More goat meat again A friend of ours who owns a farm had some wild goats which he wanted to get rid of. Apparently a goat can eat as much as a fully grown bull,... cabbage tree farmgoat meat https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2013/05/herbal-colourants-for-soap-making.html cabbage tree farm: Herbal colourants for soap making With a view to colouring my next batch of soap, I did a bit of research into suitable colourants. Wanting to keep my soaps as natural as pos... cabbage tree farmherbalcolourantssoapmaking https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2014/01/happy-new-year-everyone.html?showComment=1388640183018 cabbage tree farm: Happy New Year everyone Hope it is a good one for you and your loved ones. 2013 had its ups and downs for us so we are hoping 2014 is a smoother ride! Christmas c... cabbage tree farmhappy new yeareveryone https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/11/beans.html cabbage tree farm: Beans This morning I took advantage of the soft ground from the overnight rain and put my beanpoles in. I tried to do this a few weeks ago but the... cabbage tree farmbeans https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2009/03/ cabbage tree farm: March 2009 cabbage tree farmmarch https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/02/tomato-sauce-time.html?showComment=1297362595923 cabbage tree farm: Tomato sauce time Finally I got enough ripe tomatoes and the time to make my tomato sauce! Similarly to Laura over at Our Wee Farm I loosely based my recipe ... cabbage tree farmtomato saucetime https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-few-plantflower-photos.html?showComment=1400272609478 cabbage tree farm: A few plant/flower photos Hi everyone, sorry for the lack of posts lately. I've kind of gotten out of the swing of blogging since the school holidays. Also our camera... cabbage tree farmplantflowerphotos https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2010/08/all-things-citrusy.html?showComment=1282378434964 cabbage tree farm: All things citrusy.. ..but mainly marmalade, marmalade, and more marmalade! Over the last few weeks I've been preserving a large amount of citrus fruit. Furt... cabbage tree farmall thingscitrusy https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2010/07/double-rainbow.html?showComment=1280583595644 cabbage tree farm: Double rainbow Driving home yesterday, I had to pull over to take this shot as it was a very vivid rainbow (double in fact), although I don't think I've do... cabbage tree farmdoublerainbow https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/10/flowers-in-citrus-orchard.html?showComment=1225221180000 cabbage tree farm: Flowers in the citrus orchard A few pics taken in the citrus orchard. This is a Makamaka in flower. Part of the shelter hedge on one side. A hybrid manuka, pretty double ... cabbage tree farmin theflowerscitrusorchard https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/09/weeds.html?showComment=1315316600735 cabbage tree farm: Weeds Does anyone know what plant this is? It came up in the garden and I (somewhat foolishly) left it there because the bees love it, but now ... cabbage tree farmweeds https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/11/ cabbage tree farm: November 2011 cabbage tree farmnovember https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2009/09/ cabbage tree farm: September 2009 cabbage tree farmseptember https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2014/03/3-little-piggies.html cabbage tree farm: 3 little piggies It's pig raising time again here on CTF. This year we have 3 pigs, this time we have 3 boys and the breed is 'Long White'. They are... cabbage tree farmlittlepiggies https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/12/solstic-sunset.html?showComment=1324671957722 cabbage tree farm: Solstic sunset Hi everyone Yesterday (the 22nd) was our Summer Solstice here in the Southern Hemisphere. Also known as the longest day. We enjoyed this b... cabbage tree farmsunset https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/03/eggplantsaubergines.html?showComment=1299617134685 cabbage tree farm: Eggplants/aubergines Here are some of the fruits from the 2 varieties of eggplant/aubergine I planted this year. The top one (all purple) is 'Long Purple' and th... cabbage tree farmeggplantsaubergines https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/11/bread-rolls.html cabbage tree farm: Bread rolls I made some grainy bread rolls this morning using the recipe from Joanna's Food . For the flour mix I substituted a blend of wholemeal and s... cabbage tree farmbreadrolls https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/12/babies.html cabbage tree farm: Chicks 8 chicks have hatched out this morning. They are mostly Araucana/Indian Game crosses. 5 are brown and 3 are grey/black. It will be interesti... cabbage tree farmchicks https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/07/ cabbage tree farm: July 2008 cabbage tree farmjuly https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2013/02/time-for-some-baking.html?showComment=1361936707436 cabbage tree farm: Time for some baking I think when we were away on holiday I had withdrawal symptoms from not being able to bake! Probably not such a bad thing considering expand... cabbage tree farmtime forbaking https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2010/01/off-home-today.html cabbage tree farm: Off home today Well we are heading off home today, stopping en route in Hong Kong. Looking forward to getting away to some warmer climes, although it has b... cabbage tree farmtoday https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2012/06/lemonade-scones.html cabbage tree farm: Lemonade scones Since we don't usually have store-bought lemonade on hand, I have not made this unusual scone recipe before. However I had it in mind that I... cabbage tree farmlemonadescones https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/03/fruit-and-veg-and-baking.html cabbage tree farm: Fruit and veg and baking I've been fairly busy, with one thing or another, hence the lack of posts - sorry folks! The garden is still producing well considering we a... cabbage tree farmfruit and vegbaking https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-new-year-and-update.html cabbage tree farm: Happy New Year and update Happy New Year to all. I've been offline for a few days, resting up and socialising in the hot weather we've had here, also recovering from ... cabbage tree farmhappy new yearupdate https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/02/tomato-sauce-time.html?showComment=1297415016508 cabbage tree farm: Tomato sauce time Finally I got enough ripe tomatoes and the time to make my tomato sauce! Similarly to Laura over at Our Wee Farm I loosely based my recipe ... cabbage tree farmtomato saucetime https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/11/potato-harvest-november.html cabbage tree farm: Potato harvest November I dug up the remainder of our potatoes today. They filled an empty section of our worm farm container. Not a huge amount but it will see us ... cabbage tree farmpotato harvestnovember https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2013/10/im-back.html cabbage tree farm: I'm back from my trip to the UK at last. Before I forget - Happy Halloween! This is a photo of the pumpkin I carved at Mum and Dads before we left.... cabbage tree farmback https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/11/fish-pie-with-kumara-and-pineapple.html?showComment=1227470820000 cabbage tree farm: Fish pie with kumara and pineapple I made a kumara and smoked fish pie from the recipe posted here on Goings on at the Mad Bush Farm. I didn't have a tin of pineapple rings i... cabbage tree farmfish piekumarapineapple https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/06/ducks-at-last.html cabbage tree farm: Ducks at last! Well more hunting success to report. Yesterday Graham came home with 2 ducks that he shot on a friends farm. Hoorah! So it's time to dig out... cabbage tree farmduckslast https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/05/weve-got-cows.html cabbage tree farm: We've got cows! Today was a big event on Cabbage Tree Farm as we bought 5 heifers. They are about 1 yr old. Here they are enjoying the sunshine and grass. T... cabbage tree farmgotcows https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/11/olive-oil.html cabbage tree farm: Olive oil We are fortunate to have neighbours that have a small olive orchard (approx 120 trees). Even more fortunate as today they gifted us a bottle... cabbage tree farmoliveoil https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2009/06/raspberry-almond-and-orange-muffins.html cabbage tree farm: Raspberry, almond and orange muffins This recipe is from the June issue of Taste NZ magazine. I tried to find it on their website to put a link up but no joy. So here it is: 250... cabbage tree farmraspberryalmondorangemuffins https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/07/rain-rain-rain.html cabbage tree farm: Rain rain rain Last night we got a huge dump of rain, it was pretty windy too but not as strong as it was on the weekend. Seems as though the worst of it i... cabbage tree farmrain https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2010/07/i-knew-it-would-happen.html cabbage tree farm: I knew it would happen....... Needing rather a plentiful supply of eggs for various cooking assignments, I purchased x2 dozen from my local organics shop. And what was w... cabbage tree farmi knew itwouldhappen https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2014/02/preserving-peaches.html cabbage tree farm: Preserving peaches Bottled Golden Queen and Black Boy peaches Just sharing a couple of photos following on from my last post where I mentioned preserving ... cabbage tree farmpreservingpeaches https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2010/04/progress-in-veg-garden.html cabbage tree farm: Progress in the veg garden We've been steadily working on the garden (in between some down time over Easter when fishing was on the agenda!). I cleared all the old pl... cabbage tree farmin theprogressveggarden https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2015/07/ cabbage tree farm: July 2015 cabbage tree farmjuly https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/01/hibiscus-flower-and-rain-lots-of-it.html?showComment=1296329708953 cabbage tree farm: Hibiscus flower and RAIN - lots of it! This hibiscus (I think it is a Fijian one) has just started flowering and is beautiful. The flowers only last for one day (especially when... cabbage tree farmhibiscus flowerlots ofrain https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2010/08/more-fruit-trees.html?showComment=1281615634193 cabbage tree farm: More special fruit trees We collected 3 trees from Kaiwaka Gardens (ex. Koanga) and planted them yesterday. They are 2 apples - Northern Spy, a well-known and loved ... cabbage tree farmmore specialfruittrees https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-few-plantflower-photos.html?showComment=1400012625718 cabbage tree farm: A few plant/flower photos Hi everyone, sorry for the lack of posts lately. I've kind of gotten out of the swing of blogging since the school holidays. Also our camera... cabbage tree farmplantflowerphotos https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-few-plantflower-photos.html?showComment=1400104385191 cabbage tree farm: A few plant/flower photos Hi everyone, sorry for the lack of posts lately. I've kind of gotten out of the swing of blogging since the school holidays. Also our camera... cabbage tree farmplantflowerphotos https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/12/solstic-sunset.html?showComment=1324633583323 cabbage tree farm: Solstic sunset Hi everyone Yesterday (the 22nd) was our Summer Solstice here in the Southern Hemisphere. Also known as the longest day. We enjoyed this b... cabbage tree farmsunset https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/09/spring-isbeautiful-yellow-kowhai.html?showComment=1316897164060 cabbage tree farm: Spring is....beautiful yellow kowhai Just a short post to show this photo of the native kowhai trees which are in flower at present. These trees are at the bottom of our prope... cabbage tree farmspringbeautifulyellowkowhai https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/11/yet-another-broccoflower-post.html cabbage tree farm: Yet another broccoflower post! I know I've put a few posts on about harvesting broccoflower, cauli and broccoli, but I just had to let know that this biggy was 2.2kgs! Gue... cabbage tree farmyet anotherpost https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/03/eggplantsaubergines.html?showComment=1299641933010 cabbage tree farm: Eggplants/aubergines Here are some of the fruits from the 2 varieties of eggplant/aubergine I planted this year. The top one (all purple) is 'Long Purple' and th... cabbage tree farmeggplantsaubergines https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/02/tomato-sauce-time.html?showComment=1297328685891 cabbage tree farm: Tomato sauce time Finally I got enough ripe tomatoes and the time to make my tomato sauce! Similarly to Laura over at Our Wee Farm I loosely based my recipe ... cabbage tree farmtomato saucetime https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/06/progress-in-vege-garden.html cabbage tree farm: Progress in the vege garden Thought I should mention how things are going in the vege garden now that Winter is upon us. Well we have a few broccoli and cauliflower see... cabbage tree farmin theprogressvegegarden https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2013/08/so-long-clucky.html cabbage tree farm: So long Clucky I'm not one to get too emotional over chickens, but I was sad that Clucky died yesterday. She was one of our first chickens and more of... cabbage tree farmso long https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/12/solstic-sunset.html?showComment=1325057297251 cabbage tree farm: Solstic sunset Hi everyone Yesterday (the 22nd) was our Summer Solstice here in the Southern Hemisphere. Also known as the longest day. We enjoyed this b... cabbage tree farmsunset https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2010/04/whats-in-my-fridgepantry.html cabbage tree farm: What's in my fridge/pantry? Laura at Our Wee Farm showed everyone what she had in her fridge and pantry, so I'd thought I'd post a few of pics here of mine: Main f... cabbage tree farmfridgepantry https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2011/01/big-mama-tomato.html cabbage tree farm: Big mama tomato I roasted up a dish of fresh tomatoes (Brandywine) together with some freshly harvested garlic and basil from the garden, they were deliciou... cabbage tree farmbig mamatomato https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2009/01/maple-syrup.html cabbage tree farm: Maple syrup Here is the bottle of genuine Canadian maple syrup, all 1 litre of it, a present from my friend H who is here in NZ for a holiday. YUM! None... cabbage tree farmmaplesyrup https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2014/12/seasons-greetings.html cabbage tree farm: Season's greetings Season's greetings to everyone, hope you had a lovely day. It's always a bit of a rush in the build up to Xmas day, especially here in NZ a... cabbage tree farmseasongreetings https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2014/08/farewell-winter.html cabbage tree farm: Farewell Winter Today is (officially at least) the last day of Winter here in NZ. It has been appropriately wet and windy for the last few days, so I hope w... cabbage tree farmfarewellwinter https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2010/05/peanut-butter-cookies.html?showComment=1274052311563 cabbage tree farm: Peanut butter cookies I made these cookies this afternoon. The recipe is from a little book I bought in the UK called simply 'Cakes'. I used to make these back in... cabbage tree farmpeanut buttercookies https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/11/fish_19.html cabbage tree farm: Fish G had a very successful time with the fishing net yesterday and hauled in 15 mullet! His friend is smoking them today and will divvy the fis... cabbage tree farmfish https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2008/11/update-in-vege-garden.html cabbage tree farm: Update in the vege garden We put in another 50 strawberry plants on the weekend. Two varieties - Camarosa and Gladiator. We already had about 50 plants (the above var... cabbage tree farmin theupdatevegegarden https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2010/08/update-beginning-of-august.html?showComment=1281325019598 cabbage tree farm: Update, beginning of August Time is ticking along and I have been a bit slack about posting of late.. Actually I have a reasonably good excuse, since I have started w... cabbage tree farmupdatebeginningaugust https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2014/08/farewell-winter.html?showComment=1409514381211 cabbage tree farm: Farewell Winter Today is (officially at least) the last day of Winter here in NZ. It has been appropriately wet and windy for the last few days, so I hope w... cabbage tree farmfarewellwinter https://cabbagetreefarm.blogspot.com/2010/10/boy-is-it-windy-again-today-i-took-d.html cabbage tree farm Boy is it windy again today! I took D down to the local beach for an explore and the water was really choppy. Was nice to get out but also g... cabbage treefarm