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Fresh corn salad, arugula, thyme, marjoram and dill in mortar with color peppercorn on wooden board
Still getting my hands dirty after 40 years.
I grew up in a family of gardeners — Mum had the flowers, Dad ran the veggie patch.
Since then I've grown in just about every setting there is, from apartments with no yard at all to a five-acre block where the wallabies got their share before I did.
This site is where cooking, gardening, and teaching — my three passions — come together.
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