veggies and herbs

I will be putting a few veggies in the staff room tomorrow. I have a small amount of beetroot, chillies, snow peas and spring onions. There will be a couple of small parsley and dill seedlings in punnets and pots (ready to plant in your garden) along with some Arctotis (slow spreading African Daisy) as well. There are plenty of fresh herbs but I am not going to pick them unless you ask for them. I have garlic chives, perennial basil, chives, parsley, tarragon, rosemary, sage and mint. So make sure you bring along some change just in case you want to buy some of the veggies or to order some of the fresh herbs.

 

The chooks thank you.

Geoff

cupboards for sale

 

Cupboards for sale

 

There are five cupboards for sale and they are $50 each. Four of them are 1940 x 950 x 560 and one is 1940 x 1200 x 560.

They have one fixed shelf and three adjustable shelves. They are for pick up only and they are here at the school where the renovations are being done.

First in first served.

Just email Geoff

 

         

Chook Helpers

Thank you to those who have put your hand to help with the chooks over the holidays.

Sunday 9-4-23   Kathy Zakic

Wednesday 12-4-23 Alyssa Sammut

Friday   14-4-23   Marthese Pisani

Monday   17-4-23   Geoff Stepnell

Wednesday   19-4-23  Deb Leao

Friday    21-4-23    Debbie Sharples

 

Thanks again

Geoff

Chook Names

Ladies, Gentlemen, boys and girls.

 It is official!

With over 240 different names submitted and getting down to a final of three names per chook in the grand final of names I would like to finally introduce you all to COOKIE, CAPUCCINO, NUGGET, SNOWBALL, CRYSTAL, PEG LEG and MILO

 

                              

Here are just some of the other fun names that were suggested

Autumn, bacon, Barbara, bertha, brownie, buttons, cheeky, chicken little, choc chip, daisy, feathers, geoff, gingerbread, godzilla, hazel, jingles, Kermit, kit kat, knuckles, marshmallow, mocha, mrs egg, oliver, plum, popcorn, princess lay-a, quackers, red velvet, rockstar, smiggles, snowflake, tim tam, whiskers and Winston.

 

I would just like to thank all you teachers for your time, I know you are busy and putting up with me but I hope all the kids had a bit of fun.

 

Cheers

Geoff

Last of the fresh Basil

I still have 3 basil plants left for sale at $4 each and I will be digging them all up by Friday so don’t miss out. They are in the ground and not in pots so if you would like one I will dig it up and cut the roots off for you (unfortunately they are too big to transplant) to clean it up. So you don’t waste it you can dry it by hanging it up in a cool dry place, oven dry it or even carefully in the microwave. You can also freeze it by laying the leaves on baking paper in the freezer and after about 30minutes or so, put them into an airtight freezer bag. Having said that our favourite thing for basil is Pesto. Here is one recipe to get you started –

2 cups lightly packed basil leaves

2 small cloves of garlic

¼ cup (40g) pine nuts toasted

¼ cup grated parmesan cheese

1/3 cup olive oil

Step 1 – place basil, garlic, pine nuts and parmesan in a food processor until mixture is finely chopped

Step 2 –  with the motor running, gradually add the oil in a thin stream until well combined, season.

Step 3 – place in an airtight container, cover with a little oil (stops the pesto turning black)

Pesto will last in the fridge for a few weeks or put the pesto in ice cube trays and freeze and it will last for ages.

 

If anyone would to buy one just email or message me and I will organise to get one to you.

 

Thanks

Geoff

chook helpers

I am looking for some chook helpers over the upcoming school holidays. The days that I need someone to come in and check on the chooks are –

SUNDAY  9-4-23

WEDNESDAY  12-4-23

FRIDAY  14-4-23

WEDNESDAY 19-4-23

FRIDAY  21-4-23

 

When I have all of the days covered I will let the people coming in to check on the chooks know what to do when they get there and obviously you get to keep any eggs you collect.

Thank Geoff