Petra Smirnoff

Oh lovely! I do love Wellington, but I'm used to Australian weather now and don't know if I could ever go back there. But your garden looks lush and green!!

I have about 60 square metres in the front yard and 120 square metres in the back yard, but much of the back is in shade. My plan is to increase the growing space by having undulating land. I want to create piles of mulch and soil and then plant into those, increasing the surface area of my plot by 20-30%. I also plan to grow a large variety of small trees and to just keep them well pruned so that light can get through to other plants. My parents have an apple, lemon, grapefruit growing in a tight space between the house and the fence in a very small plot, and they are growing wonderfully.

Once I went to the butcher asking for pigs feet and he said he throws them all out. There can't be much demand. Going to the processor is a good idea.

I tried the scrambled eggs too, and it was yummy, but found it better to scramble the eggs then add the greens otherwise I found the eggs went grey!

I wash mine, stir fry them in olive oil and then add the juice of half a lemon per serve. Sometimes a little tomato paste too. I cook weeds this way too. I believe it's called 'Horta' in Greek.

Sometimes I blend my greens with banana to make a smoothie.

What does everyone else do with them?