Food Dehyrdating

So it was my birthday on thursday :) and from my family i got a food dehyrdator! Yay....very exciting, i took it on a test run yesterday. I tried strawberry, kiwi, mango, pear and apple!

Was a fantastic success :) (ive got a big batch of apple in at the moment!)

Also have some orange flowers that have just opened...they smell amazing!

Dont mind the foliage behind....slugs and snails of all things were eating the leaves...have a band of copper tape around the pot now :) problem solved!

The blueberries are getting very big now :) We got our first blueberries in december last year but im betting this lot will be ready earlier than that. Has anyone noticed how our spring seems to be about 3 weeks ahead of normal?


The 2 mature bushes are literally dripping with unripe blueberrys! yummy

A few more pics from around the garden

Strawberry Flower




Potato Tyres




Tomatoes and baby spinach in the raised bed




White fleshed nectarine....growing...yay!

Have purchased 2 more fruit trees (waiting for them to arrive)
The first is called "Golden fruit of the andes" or "Naranjilla"

It is reputed to have the best juice in the world :) A cross between a pineapple and a lime...or something like that
The send is cornelian cherry

Apparently cornel jelly is divine :) yay new fruit.

The new fig (silvan beauty) and the boysenberry that i got at the garden expo a month ago have both finally sprouted! Looking forward to making boysenberry icream...mmm

On that note i made vanilla icecream for the second time the other day....omg yum...

Here is the recipe...thanks to Jody @ stayathomemum.net.au

600ml cup cream

1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

1 can Condensed Milk

Beat the cream with an electric mixer until it begins to thicken.  Add the vanilla and beat until a light whipped cream forms.  Gradually add the condensed milk and keep beating until it thickens and becomes a nice cream.  Pour into a container and freeze until hard.

The end result (half eaten :) )

Well that will do for today :)