tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86180933765281944662011-08-19T21:17:25.859-07:00Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02672333455431664125noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618093376528194466.post-1185402398049928042009-10-02T21:04:00.000-07:002009-10-02T21:45:39.845-07:0017 years ago Severn Suzuki was 12 years old and this is what she had to say: <br /><p><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TQmz6Rbpnu0&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TQmz6Rbpnu0&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8618093376528194466-118540239804992804?l=girlzed.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02672333455431664125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618093376528194466.post-15029795250173327052009-07-07T19:25:00.000-07:002009-07-07T19:27:12.478-07:00water came out of a tap! And in <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/environment/water-issues/bundy-votes-on-bottled-water-ban-20090707-dbvn.html">Bundanoon</a>, it still might.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8618093376528194466-1502979525017332705?l=girlzed.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02672333455431664125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618093376528194466.post-34365182035393421482009-06-15T18:57:00.000-07:002009-06-15T18:59:51.156-07:00Follow the tales of weed woe, wonderful worms, terrific trees and a whole host of snippets from an enthusiastic but amature gardener ....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.livelocal.org.au/experiment/113/a-year-in-the-garden">A Year In The Garden</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8618093376528194466-3436518203539342148?l=girlzed.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02672333455431664125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618093376528194466.post-54339731128247971122009-06-15T04:40:00.001-07:002009-06-15T04:40:38.634-07:00<object width="446" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/IsabelAllende_2007-embed_high.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/IsabelleAllende-2007.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=204" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgColor="#ffffff" width="446" height="326" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/IsabelAllende_2007-embed_high.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/IsabelleAllende-2007.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=204"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8618093376528194466-5433973112824797112?l=girlzed.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02672333455431664125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618093376528194466.post-75626728447736551912009-06-15T03:53:00.000-07:002009-06-15T03:57:00.262-07:00<object height="326" width="334"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/CarlHonore_2005G-embed_high.flv&amp;su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/CarlHonore-2005G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=320&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=73"><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/CarlHonore_2005G-embed_high.flv&amp;su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/CarlHonore-2005G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=320&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=73" height="326" width="334"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8618093376528194466-7562672844773655191?l=girlzed.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02672333455431664125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618093376528194466.post-11193994208701005712009-05-26T02:33:00.000-07:002009-05-28T02:08:17.640-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In companion gardening, fennel apparently has no friends and so should be planted away from other vegetables. However, once in the kitchen - fennel has many mates - here is one of my favorite fennel recipes - it's from <a href="http://www.stephaniealexander.com.au/">Stephanie Alexander</a>. I try to use local organic produce, and ingredients however this has just become harder as I just found out today that our local <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.macrowholefoods.com.au/home.html">Macro</a> has been swallowed whole by <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.thomasdux.com.au/home.html">Thomas Dux</a> (aka Woolworths).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fennel Braised with Balsamic Vinegar &amp; Honey</span><br /></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">40g butter</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">4 small bulbs of fennel, quartered</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">salt</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">black pepper</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">large sprig of rosemary</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">1/4 cup balsamic vinegar</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">1 tablespoon honey</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">Heat the butter and oil in an ovenproof casserole that will just hold the fennel in a single layer. When starting to sizzle add fennel and brown on all sides turning carefully. This may take up to 15 minutes. Season then add rosemary. Keeping heat brisk, drizzle on vinegar. Allow juices to bubble up and again turn fennel carefully so that all sides are in contact with juices. Drizzle over honey and add enough water to come up one third. Cover, reduce heat to low and cook until fennel is tender - about 25 minutes (or pop in oven - covered - at 180°C). Remove lid, increase heat and bubble to reduce cooking juices to a syrupy glaze.<br /><br />Great with pork or chicken!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8618093376528194466-1119399420870100571?l=girlzed.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02672333455431664125noreply@blogger.com0