Happy New Year and Rhubarb Pie

Hi

MELBOURNE HERE WE COME !!!!!....

OMG Doesn't time just fly, January is nearly done and dusted with just a long weekend to get in before Feb. It's not too far away to our trip hosted with Anthony and Denise to the Melbourne Flower show.  There is quite a group of us going so it'll be a complete hoot and there is still time to join us if you think that you can hack the pace LOL!!!!   We went quite a few years ago and had a blast.  Melbourne is such a cool city to visit as well so I really looking forward to it. Don't be shy, come along and a good laugh is guaranteed as well.

Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show - Escorted Tour with Anthony Skinner
3 nights from $1659 per person.

Call Denise directly on 09 575 712 or you can email her at denisefowler@thetravelbrokers.co.nz

Rose stuff
If your roses are all looking a tad sad or summer worn a good cut back now and a feed will bring them on again and in 7 weeks they will be in full flower again. We have had heaps of rain but if it stays dry then you'll need to water them for the next flower crop. Watch out for Mites which are a summer pest. They live on the under side of the leaves and cause the leaves to have a yellowish speckled kinda look. Just like something has sucked the green out which is exactly what they have done and they love the summer dry weather. Spray using a miticide, conqueror oil or cattle drench at the rate of a 1ml per litre.

MUMS CREAMY RHUBARB PIE

   
Mum came into the Nursery the other day with a couple of pieces of a pie that she used to make all the time when I was a kid. I had forgotten about this rhubarb pie buts it's a goodie and damn easy to make too.

Sweet Short Pastry
Mum makes her own short pastry but was kinda vague on what quantities that she uses so I grabbed the Edmonds cook book and here is their recipe, otherwise just buy some.

225g Flour
Pinch Salt
125g Butter
1 tspn Baking Powder
25g sugar
1 egg yolk
sift flour, baking powder and salt, mix in sugar, rub in butter until like bread crumbs and mix to a very firm dough with the egg yolk and water, use as little water as possible

Filling
21/2 cups of chopped rhubarb ( 12oz )
1/3 cup brown sugar
3 tbs flour
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk or cream
 
Line a pie plate with rolled out pastry
Spread the chopped rhubarb over it.
Beat together all the remaining ingredients and spread
over the rhubarb
Bake 450 for 10 minutes then lower the heat to 350 and
continue baking 25 minutes longer or until custard is set.

Serve with whipped cream or icecream.

Plum Tart

We collected a whole lot of plums from our young trees and I stewed them down and added a heap of sugar and cooked them for a bit so that they would thicken. When the plum mix was cold we spread it out over a base of a sweet short pastry and Tony decorated the top perfectly with stripes and leaves.

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Winter Orders

Its that time of year to order for new seasons roses and trees for winter delivery being June and July so if there is something in particular that you want then then email us at sales@wairere.co.nz

Hope that everyone has had a great if not slightly wet summer break and that you make the most of anniversary weekend

Have a good one

Cheers Lloyd and Harry!!!!

Make it a Wairere weekend where gardenings not a drag!!!!!