by Mark Evans
Believe it or not, now is an important time to think ahead to spring, particularly when it comes to flowering bulbs.
To enjoy daffodils, jonquils, tulips, freesia, anemones, ranunculus and other late winter- and spring-flowering plants, the bulbs are planted in autumn, usually between April and early May. Several weeks of cold temperatures are needed to break dormancy and maximise full flowering potential. After flowering, many bulbs can be … Read more »
By Steve Williams
Ingredients
2 tbsp oil
150 to 200 grams diced bacon or chorizo sausage
1 large onion, finely sliced
4 garlic cloves, sliced
1 fresh red capsicum
1.5 tsps whole cumin seed
1 or 2 large dried red chillies
500 grams 4/5 star minced beef, diced beef or plant-based mince
1 tbsp smoky chipotle sauce (optional)
1 tbsp each ground coriander, cumin and sweet paprika
1 … Read more »
by Steve Williams
This Anglo-Indian recipe is a good way to use leftovers.
500 grams pre-cooked lamb,
beef, pork, chicken or plant-based alternative. For a vegetable version use diced carrot, sweet potato and/or pumpkin in lieu of meat.
250 grams diced potatoes
2 tbsp oil or ghee
1 onion, thinly sliced
1 red or green diced capsicum
4 garlic cloves, sliced
1.5 tsps cumin seed
1.5 tbsp of … Read more »
by Flick Ruby
As a loyal customer, I’m convinced that Valiant coffee tastes even better when sipped in the backyard of the CWA cottage. I enjoy meeting people down there, especially while live music is gently playing in the background. While enjoying a quiet cuppa in the shade one Saturday morning, I asked James Bristow about what drew him to this particular location for his van?
‘The first thing I saw was how this spot would benefit mums … Read more »
Reviewed by Wendy Tucker
by Paul Murray
This is the fourth novel by Irish writer Paul Murray. It was short listed for the Booker Prize 2023 and won The Irish Post Book of the Year 2023.
It is essentially a tragicomic family saga set in a dull town in Ireland and told in four voices. Murray slips back though time, moving from each section though the mind of each family member as much is revealed … Read more »
by Mark Evans
As the daily temperatures start to cool and the leaves on the deciduous trees start to change colour and begin to fall, nothing makes it feel more like autumn than the sudden appearance of fungi season. Looking around it is obvious where we have removed trees in the past as a flush of fungi has suddenly thrust up through the lawn where the remnant root systems below ground are being slowly devoured and … Read more »
