This is the haul from just today. Zucchinis are growing so quickly that even if I miss a day of harvesting they quickly become larger than my arm. We have our first red tomatoes (will sow them much earlier next year as we’ve been anxiously awaiting them,) cucumbers, peppers/capsicum, chillies, kale, silverbeet, cabbage, the second […]
Category: Food & Wine
The Big Time
Since the start of the year, we’ve started getting our kitchen supplies from a restaurant supply service versus the grocery store. This helps us out tremendously as it cuts down on our time getting supplies, cuts costs and helps us best manage the entire shopping process. This time of year we source a lot of […]
Pickled
Since Rodney built the hot house, I’ve started our summer garden by growing all the vegetables from seed. This year I tried tons of new types – over 5 types of tomatoes, many different squash and pumpkins, eggplant, peppers and herbs. The rule of thumb here is to plant the seedlings out by Labor Day. […]
Garden to plate
I harvested these potatoes and onions at 8:00 this morning – guests enjoyed them for breakfast at 8:30. Yum! […]
Beauty in the detail…
We’ve just celebrated the end to our second year in business! Wahooooooo! More detail to come on that and an epic celebration to plan (we like a good party here at the House.) We constantly have many ideas of what we can do to improve and enhance the service we provide our guests and the […]
Thankful
Guests will be treated tomorrow to the House being filled with good smells of turkeys stuffed with sausage stuffing roasting, and apple crisps crisping tomorrow as we take the chance to gather with friends and family on my most favorite day of the year….Thanksgiving. Over 30 of us will fill the back garden, sit down […]
Got it in!
We are quickly approaching the shortest day of the year. In the New Zealand gardening world (or maybe this is the way it is everywhere, it’s just that I’ve never gardened so much) this day is the benchmark for when you need to get your garlic in the ground. You plant it on the shortest […]
Everything is bigger…
One of the greatest things about living in New Zealand and a repeated comment that we hear from our guests, is just how fresh and flavorful the food is. We get eggs that are hours old, herbs and vegetables still warm from the sun, and due to our many fruit trees are able to […]
The Contented Pig
I love when new restaurants come to town – this new cafe is my new favorite. Not only does it have a modern, rustic, warm environment where I just want to get tucked into an interesting magazine or write away the afternoon, but the healthy salads and offerings are just perfect. It brings me right […]
My new best friend…
I wish. I literally stumbled upon Poppies while out for a run in Martinborough. I had no idea if it was a winery, or restaurant…it just looked inviting and I added to our itinerary for a day wine tasting with my mom. Immediately upon walking into this stylish, welcoming tasting bar, courtyard and event venue, […]