Timber and Turmeric

The Green Marquee market at Currumbin is on Saturday June 9th and I have begun creating more timber art for the occasion. Here are two Large Hearts waiting to be sealed with varnish. We will be selling our orange turmeric there as well. I love this market, it is full of up-cycled items and healthy food. Check out The Green Marquee here.

I will also be taking along my Bath Trays....

....as well as my wall Hangings, here are a few.

I have found a new love in my life - Turmeric Latte. The photo below may not show the incredible colour in the Latte itself because it is so overcast here today. But let me tell you, this drink packs an incredible, delightful, scrumptious, tasty, more-ish punch. It is originally known as 'Golden Milk' which is a traditional Ayurvedic drink. Ayurveda is a 3,000 year old medicine tradition originating in India. Turmeric itself is known to be a fantastic anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant as well as helping with dozens of other health issues.

The recipe is from "Don't Mess with Mama - Natural Living Made Simple". This really is an easy recipe and I can heartily recommend it. I used Rice Milk with mine along with our own turmeric. We are also lucky enough to have a neighbour who produces honey with their own bees, adding delicious sweetness. Zero carbon foot print as I buy it from their road-side stall!

This is how turmeric looks when it has been dug out of the ground, whiskers and all. If you would like to purchase turmeric from us we can post it to you, or I can hand deliver if you live locally. You can re-plant it if you like, it is so easy to grow, does well in a pot and is an attractive plant.  Otherwise the rhizomes last at least 6 months in the fridge for optimum freshness. Otherwise over Winter it is happy to sit in a well aired cupboard. If you want to replant it we can leave the roots on - not that it is necessary, it will sprout new ones anyway. Otherwise we trim the whiskers, pull them apart into individual rhizomes and post them off. Last year we cut some of ours into slices, put them on oven trays and dried them at a low temperature. Then we popped them into the blender to make a powder which we are still using 12 months on  - handy for Latte! I have kept them in glass jars in the cupboard. If you do this make sure the jar is perfectly dry before pouring in the turmeric powder otherwise it can encourage mould.

Each morning I take the dogs up the back paddock for a walk. Here you can see ripples on the surface of the water where a duck has just dived down out of sight.

As you can see from this picture Molly the Kelpie can't help but attempt to round up the long suffering Doug. Maggie is half Kelpie and half Bull Arab. Maggie couldn't care less about rounding anything up, you can see her heading back to the house!

Fun and games as Molly and Maggie search for special smells...usually fox.

Meanwhile, back at the house Brigitte makes herself comfortable in a basket full of sticks....why sit on a cosy warm bed?

Have a wonderful weekend, let me know if you make the Latte and tell me what you think of it. I will be pottering in our Autumn garden, varnishing timber and making Turmeric Latte.