Nonnie's Blog

We discovered this tale in "The Puffin book of Modern Fairy Tales", where the first three chapters were included.  I read this to my two children, 6 [...]

[...] When you knit a hat, you can mix a type of synthetic wool called Primal wool (fur effect wool) with regular real wool, and it makes this lovely effect. On its own, the [...]

[...] and veges created equal? In the final part of a three-part report on nutrition and poverty in New Zealand, experts weigh in on keeping pesticides to a minimum. Permaculture expert Kay Baxter advises [...]

[...]

[...] in New Zealand, experts weigh in on keeping pesticides to a minimum. Permaculture expert Kay Baxter advises growing your own vegetables. Photo / Supplied Keen to eat the best possible greens?   [...]

[...] in North American) and vinegar.  I found the recipe here at this great publication about chilli peppers and capsicums, "Peppers: Safe Methods to Store, Preserve, and Enjoy"    (Content [...]

[...] and poverty in New Zealand, experts weigh in on keeping pesticides to a minimum. Permaculture expert Kay Baxter advises growing your own vegetables. Photo / Supplied Keen to eat the best possible [...]

[...] were balanced like ying and yang. I wanted to knit so that the blue and red came into a ying yang swirl at the top - but this is difficult with knitting. My sister Wendy stopped me from using [...]

[...] , various coloured tomatoes, to different shapes of varieties. Here is the recipe for Hot Chilli Pepper Jelly (sometimes called Red Pepper Jelly) but omitting a few drops of food colouring as I like [...]

This is the best thing I ever made from my garden produce. So simple to make, but the finest.  You simply blender hot chillis, capsicums (peppers in [...]