tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814984506642537843.post7539424435169503245..comments2024-03-03T16:03:52.071+11:00Comments on Debt Free, Cashed Up and Laughing - The Cheapskates way to living the good life: This Year It Is Going To Be DifferentCath Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12982092492622482815noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814984506642537843.post-64158061091466189762013-07-09T19:51:15.769+10:002013-07-09T19:51:15.769+10:00I salted them for seven days and then put them in ...I salted them for seven days and then put them in oil with some chilli as per Pietri Demaios instruction. In fact all my pickling has been from recipes from his book. This has come about because I don't like to pay twenty dollars plus per kilo fo these wonderful preserves so I thought I had better learn how to do them myself<br />MaclynxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814984506642537843.post-14656149510573478922013-07-09T19:37:07.279+10:002013-07-09T19:37:07.279+10:00How lucky to have olives! How did you do them - in...How lucky to have olives! How did you do them - in a plain brine or oil or with a little chilli or other herbs? <br /><br />One step at a time. The best thing I do to keep the garden going is maintain a journal, with plans of the beds and pots, and dates things are planted, how much is harvested, where they are to be planted next and so on.<br /><br />You can grow quite a surprising amount of food in a suburban backyard, I buy very little in the way of vegetables, mainly carrots, potatoes and onions and I'm working on ways to get bigger crops of those. Cath Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982092492622482815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814984506642537843.post-15033990086195455892013-07-09T19:18:10.330+10:002013-07-09T19:18:10.330+10:00Good luck, I have a similar dream but a long way t...Good luck, I have a similar dream but a long way to go.However each year I increase my number of trees and pots and look for ways to squeeze in some more crops. I have only recently discovered the joys of dehydrating and pickling. There are not enough hours in the day sometimes but I have just put up my first batch of olives tat I got at a food swap<br />MaclynxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com