Watering the vegetable garden can be quite a time consuming job in the middle of summer. You can however save lots of time just by using a soaker hose! I have always preferred to water my vegetable garden underneath rather than spraying the leaves of the plants. I learned from my parents and grandparent that this gives the plants a much deeper watering. This in turn enables them to cope better with the hot summer days. It also saves water because it is delivers the water directly to where the plants need it. Another benefit of watering plants underneath is a reduction in weeds. If you … [Read More...]
Heatwave Busting Summer Snickers Milkshake
Looking for a cooling summer ice cream treat? This indulgent Snickers Milkshake is just the thing to cool you down when the mercury starts rising! Oh my goodness it has been an insanely hot summer so far! Most of January was hot but the middle two weeks were the worst. We had 15 days in a row over 30 °C (86 °F) and seven of those were over 40 °C (104 °F)! I love summer but that is just too hot! The only upside to weather that hot is that you get to have lots of cold drinks, ice cream and other cooling treats. One cooling drink that I have enjoyed during the hot weather is this Snickers … [Read More...]
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Wishing all my readers a very Merry Christmas and a happy and safe New Year! Well Christmas is upon us and it is going to hot here according to the forecast! Actually we’re in for a heatwave over the next week. Nothing under 37°C (98°F) and up to 41°C (105°F) in the coming days. So it will be cold meats and salads for us on Christmas day! Thankfully we usually do most of our cooking on … [Read More...]
Easy Steamed Christmas Plum Pudding
One of my favourite things about Christmas is being able to have some Christmas plum pudding! There is nothing better on Christmas day than topping a big piece of plum pudding with some cream and ice cream. Some will add custard too, but I’m not a big custard fan! ;) The Christmas puddings we had when I was kid were usually store bought ones but I loved them anyway. It was a taste that we only … [Read More...]
