Recipes

Delicious ways to use your harvest.

Paprika fruit on a charcoal barbeque with smoke drifting over them.

Smoking paprika

Mar 22, 2026

My paprika crop is maturing and it’s time to get creative with it!

Coconut lemon slice (new and improved)

Nov 9, 2025

One of my most popular recipes is now even better!

A slice of wholegrain toast smothered in peanut butter.

Home-grown peanut butter

Aug 10, 2025

After 3 years and many, many hours of work, I finally get to sit down to my own home-grown, home-made peanut butter.

A bowl of cucumber and red onion quick pickle

Gran Shirley’s quick pickle

Feb 23, 2025

An easy-to-prepare vegetable accompaniment for summer meals.

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Most Sundays since 2019 I've written about life on our lifestyle block in Far North/Te Hiku, Aotearoa-New Zealand

What we're growing, harvesting, eating, and not eating. The bugs and critters. What's got us excited, or brought us down to earth again.

In a fragmented digital world, you might never find this website again. If you like what you've seen, join the mailing list to stay in touch to see what I learn next.

Recipes

Smoking paprika

Coconut lemon slice (new and improved)

Home-grown peanut butter

Gran Shirley’s quick pickle

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