KUMARA PIE - WITH NO SUGAR ! Lola said she fancied making pumpkin pie, but at the time we hadn't any pumpkin - but we did have Kumara ( sweet potato for the Pommy lot : ) You can see in the photo that there aren't many ingredients in this dish, and as always - [...]
BASIL AND CASHEW NUT PESTO - This is a must do, so quick and simple to make - and so versatile to have in the fridge and ready to go anytime - either by itself, as a spread on hot bread, in a bake or pasta, or drizzled over your tomato salad. However you have [...]
CIDER MAKING We had a lot of fun making cider, picking, shredding and pressing apple's - all a learning curve and hope to put it into practice ourselves someday - First we picked a wheelbarrow full of apples, and as you can see in the photo's had fun in the shed shredding them which then [...]
We visited the Labyrinth Rocks. One of Takaka's best kept secrets , so hidden and peaceful. It's like a giant rock form of the secret garden, and so grand and magical, especialy when your as small as a child. It's a natural maze through giant limestone and native bush. Shaded and peaceful to venture around [...]
HORSERIDING AND BUSH WALKING While here in Takaka we've met a new friend called Cathleen who has a beautiful horse we were able to ride. I think this was Isla's highlight of our stay. Isla's missed her riding while we've been traveling and with all this Covid stuff she's not been to her RDA for [...]
ALL ABOUT THE GARDEN We always enjoy our time outside in the open and in touch with nature - some much space and fresh air with lots to learn the girls are always happier outside. The pix show the girls in the garden picking blueberries and apples- obviously well supervised ! . we share our [...]
PIZZA IN THE MOUNTAINS AND GLASS STUDIO While we've been here we've been welcomed in to the community and met some beautiful people. This blog shows some pix of dinner in the mountains with our new friend Richard who invited us for pizza , and to a glass making studio of soooooo many beautifully handmade [...]
While we've been visiting this sweet corner of New Zealand we've been lucky enough to be here while the locale Harvest festival takes place at their wonderful community gardens. What a beautiful day it was - perfect weather and a great turnout of people gathered to celebrate the changing of the season. After just being [...]
We all had a bit of fun at Steve's making a big batch of Cornish pasties which was planed, so we found ourselves some good organic beef and a few other bits we needed to get on with it. The girls were both keen to help, so it was all hands on deck to make [...]
On arriving to Takaka we received a very warm welcome from everyone we met, especialy from our old friend Steve with the Sandcastle accommodation who we'd not seen for many years and kindly suggested we should park the bus in his field with an apple orchard across the way and some grazing sheep. With space [...]
