Jerry Coleby-Williams

Gardening Sustainably in our continually surprising climate

4 Bellis Marmalade with Kaffir & Sweet Australian lime


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Windfall Kaffir Lime Marmalade

The hardest part of making jam is waiting for it to cool, fending off beasts so you can try some out yourself… 

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Today the fun has been making good use of the kaffir lime windfall, fruit that dropped in the cold snap (9C last night). This also gave me an opportunity to justify warming the kitchen and to try my first pickings of Australian sweet lime. More mild than genuinely sweet, I thought they’d make a pleasant contrast with richly-flavoured kaffir lime.

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In Production Today – April 2012

Rosella, Hibiscus sabdariffa

Rosella, Hibiscus sabdariffa

I’m getting fewer summer crops, but my Asian greens are growing very fast indeed. Now that the nights are cooling down, I’ve begun sowing early winter crops, like salad vegetables and tomatoes.

My native Midyim (Austromyrtus dulcis, aka Midgen Berry) has only a few fruit this year. They’ve got introduced Myrtle rust, a debilitating disease that threatens all plants in the Myrtaceae family, both wild and cultivated.

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