We have five mature Meyer Lemon trees in our garden, and although they are laden with fruit at the moment, I’ve often thought that even if they never offered up such an essential bounty, I’d still be happy to have them for their beauty alone. They really are very beautiful trees, but add to that the convenience of having a supply of lemons on hand, almost year round, and the Meyer Lemon very quickly becomes indispensable to any home-gardener’s kitchen -MB. Read the rest...
Recently we had Rowie Dillon and friend of Rowie’s Cakes staying at the Orchard House. Rowie, an amazing gluten free chef from Sydney, took full advantage of absolutely everything available, from the kitchen to the windfalls as well as the last apples on the trees. These delicious Barossa apples were baked in the charcoal BBQ; just divine! -MB. Read the rest...
June 09 2016
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Saskia Beer invites you to join her at the Barossa Farmers Market this Saturday for a special Farmers Market Tour and Cooking Demonstration followed by a shared table lunch. For more details please click here, or call 08 8524 0000 to book your place! Read the rest...
I finally got home for the weekend and just loved the chance to be in my own kitchen cooking. Even though it’s the first few days of winter everything about the table was autumn from the pheasant, astringent and non-astringent persimmons, the last of the pomegranates and the chard stems from the garden. Read the rest...
I absolutely love my garden, and with my work I never have a problem keeping my mind active, in fact it’s probably the opposite, so I really look forward to gardening to slow things down. The aspect of beauty in a growing garden is something I find enormously calming. Read the rest...
