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Anne’s chocolate cake
I’ve told you before that I can’t do light and fluffy – which is why I don’t cook sponges or cakes much. But my daughter’s friend, Anne, assured me that this was an easy-peasy, one bowl, one spoon chocolate cake – that ANYONE could make.
Forest yarns
It is hard to understate the amount of timber that was used for firewood in the early days, before people had access to electricity and gas. Almost every house had a wood stove in the kitchen, as well as fireplaces in other parts of the house. Many workplaces required timber
The majestic mountain ash
The mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) is not an endangered species; it is actually doing quite well. What is rare are the mature mountain ashes. They are big…very big and are considered by many to be the biggest living organism on the planet. They are certainly the tallest flowering plants;
Tragedy and heroism at Basin outlet
Two teenage girls spent a terrifying night in chest-deep water beneath the Waranga channel outlet regulator, after a car in which they were passengers plunged through road railings, then down the steep bank into the water. The male driver and one female passenger were drowned. All were from Shepparton. Heading
April 3, 2025
Food and fun at Colbo Market Day
Sleeper hewing offcuts
Tony Ford
Time to preserve nature while we can
Kirsty Ramadan - Bohollow Wildlife
Autumn is my favourite time of year
. . . and I have a few reasons for this.
Chicken and spinach lasagne roll ups
Higher food and grocery costs are affecting our weekly budget. I found this recipe and I did get a few meals from one barbecue chook!
When will they ever learn?
Neil Laurie
House fire at Moora in late March of 1975
Alan McLean
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Caramelised Honey Almond Slice
School holiday time means you should probably top up your cake tins for the hordes of children. Here’s a slice for you to try:
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Versatile Fruit Slice
Versatile slice - so named because you can choose from such a wide variety of fruit for the filling. It makes a great Christmas treat to use fruit mince for a take on mince pies during the festive season. Slow-baked quinces was another very successful filling.
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Orange and olive oil cake
With oranges aplenty, this is a lovely citrus dessert cake.
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Beef and Vegetable Casserole & Chicken Casserole
We have a couple of recipes this edition, sent in by one of our regular readers. Norma has sent us recipes before, so I hope you enjoy these. You’ll notice the recipes come from the era of imperial measurements (and so do Norma and I!). Beef and Vegetable Casserole
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Mary’s egg and bacon pie
There are many ways to make an egg and bacon pie - but this way was new to me.
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Pumpkin Soup
Pumpkin and apples aplenty? Put them together for this warming soup.
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Roast potatoes - everyone’s favourite?
I can remember walking into a neighbour’s kitchen, many years ago, to see her carefully manoeurvering a large roasting pan of hot dripping out of her oven, ready to put her potatoes in for roasting. At the time, I’d already gone ‘healthy’ so was rather shocked by her
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Chicken/Sausages with potatoes, onion and rosemary
This recipe started out with pork sausages but I only had chicken thighs in fridge! So that’s what I used. Feel free to go with the ‘snags’
