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Spring is well and truly here, and one fantastic annual event to celebrate all things growing, is Tamborine Mountain Garden Clubs “Springtime on the Mountain”. I am a bit slow with this notice – it started yesterday -however, this event is being held on 3rd, 4th and 5th October. It is essentially a trail of open gardens, and it is said that the gardens are truly amazing this year. At each of the garden stops on the trail, there are people to talk to, experts to consult, food and other goodies. Nardoo lavender nursery are annual hosts for the Landcare Stand, where you can look at the plants native to the area, get information on planting and weeds, and buy some rainforest species. At Stop 2, Slow Food Tamborine Mountain are providing food (including avocado with our fabulous smoky chipotles in spicy adobo). I’m heading up there myself at some point today. Everything is well and truly signposted, and tickets can be purchased from any of the gardens on the trail. If you are heading this way, give us a call, and come and try some of our chilli stuff. We will be “Springtime slightly off the mountain…..”

Another recently successful event in the area was the Scenic Rim Open Arts Trail, where local artists opened their studios for two days to display their work and their inspiration to create the art that they do. Local artist Nicole Jeske was one of the featured artists, and she was very pleased with the visitors to her studio, and that she sold some of her work. We got in first and bought one of her paintings and it looks great hanging on our wall. Thanks Nicole.

Hopefully the winter cold and flu bugs are behind us now, and we can get on with the growing. The kids go back to school this coming week.

Last night, we stirred some chipotle in adobo into sweet potato mash. Yum! For entree we had chilli parmesan crisps made with our chilli parmesan which should be on the shelves soon. Love coming up with ways of using chilli.
Enjoy
Katrina

Hi All, Tomorrow is market day. The Tamborine Mountain State School Markets is on tomorrow – Sunday 28th September, at the school car park, cnr Long and Curtis Roads North Tamborine.
We also have a permanent site at the Tamborine Mountain Country markets at the showground. That is on the second Sunday of each month.
We are getting a mobile eftpos machine, so we can take credit card and eftpos payments at the markets. Wow! Feels like a business. I have the advantage of having fun at the same time however. Please be patient while we are updating our ordering system. Time is a valuable commodity.
Hello Sue! I promised I would put that in. Hope she is looking.
Isn’t this weather amazing! We have warm days, and some rainy nights. Perfect weather for growing chillies. We have some new varieties growing this year, including Joes Long Cayenne, Caloro, and a veryfew of the yellow habanero. We are still trying to grow the mexican varieties – ancho, mulato etc, and hopefully they will produce for me soon. We hope you are all enjoying your chilli babies, and if you haven’t got any growing, now is the time – in the Southern Hemisphere anyway. They don’t take up a lot of space, and the plants and fruit are truly beautiful!