Add a Little Fava
These tender leaves from the Fava bean or Broad bean plant are a vesratile green you should try! Snipped from the top of the plant, fava leaves are sweet with…
Continue Reading
Add a Little Fava
Hunt & Gather Bee Co
Hunt & Gather Bee Co. are a small family beekeeping business based in the Waikato. Hannah and Rory, who juggle three kids and thousands of bees have been making waves…
Continue Reading
Hunt & Gather Bee Co
What is Kohlrabi?
The name comes from the German Kohl ("cabbage") plus Rübe ~ Rabi (Swiss German variant) ("turnip"), because the swollen stem resembles a turnip. But in fact it is not a…
Continue Reading
What is Kohlrabi?
Apples
Apples – the most popular fruit in the world It is believed that silk traders first brought the apple to ancient Rome from Kazakhstan where the trees were cultivated and…
Continue Reading
Apples
Chillies
Chillies (or chiles in Spanish) come in so many different varieties than red and green. Mexico, arguably the home of the chilli, grows over 200 different varieties. Adopted around the…
Continue Reading
Chillies
Okra
Also known as lady's finger and bhindi, okra is believed to have originated from Africa and is part of the same plant family as hibiscus and cotton. Widely used in…
Continue Reading
Okra
Strawberry season is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIn1UsUcYLs
Continue Reading
Strawberry season is here
Asparagus
When spring comes, so too does asparagus season. Fresh local asparagus is available from September through to late December. Asparagus are related to the Lily family and grow from underground…
Continue Reading
Asparagus