Posts by Gareth
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This just got eaten. NZ's only (perhaps first) Christmas Burgundy truffle, 25/12/12
Hoping that everyone's having a merry old time. -
Aye, congrats to kebabette. And to everyone for the fine fotos.
I wish Elvis was coming south... :(
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Capture: The Castle, in reply to Lilith __,
If you wish to make pickled walnuts, then now is the time to pick them -- before the shells have started to form. Leave until the New Year, and you'll have tooth-breakers.
Wonderful things, pickled walnuts.
It's a good time for picking nuts to make nocino, too... ;-)
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Capture: The Castle, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
I think the fluffy tree snow comes from poplars. There was a particularly fine display of summer snow on the Kate Sheppard Walk in Hagley Park last week. We see it in the garden when there isn't a norwester to blow it into the next parish.
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Back to the flowers - this time, important ones, because they'll turn into fruit that will be made into wine: our 2013 pinot noir (if the birds don't get there before me).
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Capture: The Castle, in reply to JacksonP,
When I was writing Hot Topic, I dropped a few oblique references to pop music into the text, which my editor duly removed. Except for the one he didn't spot, a reference in the preface to the way that earth observation satellites allow our senses to work overtime when monitoring the planet and its climate system... ;-)
You should see what Partridge is up to with Peter Blegvad. I've declared that this is the theme tune for my latest book...
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Capture: The Castle, in reply to JacksonP,
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More Oparara bush.
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Capture: The Castle, in reply to Hebe,
It is indeed.
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Capture: The Castle, in reply to Jarno van der Linden,
Yes, some of the growth was amazing - especially in the nikau grove at Kohaihai. I'd love to explore the Mokihinui too...
