Eggs & Lemons.

Did you see this in yesterday's The Sunday Age newspaper's Sunday life magazine?

Thanks Alla!

Look what my friend Sally just sent me home with. I am so excited. It's too cold to grow our own lemon tree here but I adore them, skin and all.

I'm off to do some baking now...lemon squares, lemon cake, some juiced and frozen for later.

Does anyone have a recipe for preserved lemon? Or in fact any favourite lemon recipe?

I hope your Monday is a funday.

Matt & Bridie.

Matt Wilkinson, head chef at Circa, The Prince, and his breakfast chef Bridie have been staying with us for the past few days.

This is the face of the man voted equal second sexiest chef participating in the second annual Taste event taking place later this month.

The article is here, scroll down to the end of the second page.

While they were here they fed the chooks and collected their eggs, planted some onion seeds in the hothouse, made some apple cider, discussed seeds, plants and recipes, made lots of plans for the coming growing season and even ate my cooking!!?

We had a lovely time but I think they'll notice the change of pace when they come back for another trip in mid January.

Sunday Afternoon

Here at Daylesford Organics we have a tradition of making pasta on Sunday afternoons.
It's a whole family event.

Mixing, rolling, cutting, draping and drying the dough.



This is the view from our kitchen window.
It's the calmest its been for days.

The house dam is the fullest its been for years thanks to the help of the new bore. You might actually need that bridge to get across to the island.

That path behind the bridge was part of the containment line during the February bushfire. You can see where it burnt through our bush just behind there.

Hello duckies!

Dinner time!

And the vegetarian option.