Like Anne, I too like the turmeric gull and masala gull characters. I'm half Italian...my maternal grandparents migrated from Salina, one of the Aeolian Islands north of Sicily to Australia...perhaps I'll get there one day, or even to New York to visit some of the places you and Anne write about. Just back from a few days in Melbourne, w…
Like Anne, I too like the turmeric gull and masala gull characters. I'm half Italian...my maternal grandparents migrated from Salina, one of the Aeolian Islands north of Sicily to Australia...perhaps I'll get there one day, or even to New York to visit some of the places you and Anne write about. Just back from a few days in Melbourne, where the most Italian thing I did was, of course, to visit a traditional Italian restaurant. (Note: turmeric is very easy to grow...)
It's easy to grow...I bought a piece of fresh (organic) turmeric and put it in a pot with quality potting mix. All my pots are under the grape vine so semi-shaded in the summer. Water (at least daily in the Australian summer!). It's ready to harvest now but I ran out of time yesterday. I'll save a few bits, tip out all the potting mix and start again. What I harvest, I wash, dry and put in small freezer bags to use as required.
Like Anne, I too like the turmeric gull and masala gull characters. I'm half Italian...my maternal grandparents migrated from Salina, one of the Aeolian Islands north of Sicily to Australia...perhaps I'll get there one day, or even to New York to visit some of the places you and Anne write about. Just back from a few days in Melbourne, where the most Italian thing I did was, of course, to visit a traditional Italian restaurant. (Note: turmeric is very easy to grow...)
You don’t find too much tumeric in trattorias! Would love to grow some though.
It's easy to grow...I bought a piece of fresh (organic) turmeric and put it in a pot with quality potting mix. All my pots are under the grape vine so semi-shaded in the summer. Water (at least daily in the Australian summer!). It's ready to harvest now but I ran out of time yesterday. I'll save a few bits, tip out all the potting mix and start again. What I harvest, I wash, dry and put in small freezer bags to use as required.