Michelle has been doing some research on tumeric and found that people just pull it out of the ground when they need it and grate it into Asian meals. It seems to keep in the fridge for a while. Apparently it will stain your hands
and the cutting board so the advice was to wear gloves. It seems to be quite popular and used a  lot.
Thanks Michelle

We had another very successful morning tea last weekend. It was great to see some new people come along.  We even had David Illife from ABC radio come along to do some interviews.  Hopefully they will be going on air this week.  To begin the morning we had a mango ice-cream demonstration.  James, David's son, helped me to make the ice-cream using an ice-cream maker.  The ice-cream was delicious. My friend, Rhonda, gave me the recipe which you can find here.

It is always fascinating to see what people bring along for the swap.  This time we had sauerkraut, laundry liquid, christmas cards, lemon grass, silverbeet, tomato plants and eggs just to name a few.  We will now be having a break over Christmas and January, so our next morning tea will be the second Saturday in February.

Michelle brought along some tumeric.  If anybody knows how to use fresh tumeric please let us know.  Quite a few of us are going to plant it so it would be great to know what to do with it.

Kay brought along her finished rag rug.  Doesn't it look fantastic!  I love how she has used some strips of fabric around the edges to make a frill.  Well done, Kay!

This is Ursula's finished rug.  Doesn't it look fantastic!
Well done, Ursula!