Spring
My Grandmother’s Chocolate Pesach Cake Recipe
The fifth day of Pesach is my grandmother’s yahrzeit – this year will be 2 years since she left us. I would like to honor her by sharing one of her recipes, a very tasty Kosher L’Pesach chocolate-orange cake. As the kosher catering queen of Sydney, Australia, for over 50 years, my grandmother made hundreds…
Read MoreFirst Look at Your Farmland + Save the Date
First… The news!The Educational farm finally confirmed the date of our first women’s farming session – Wednesday April 21, 2021 – 9:30am. Get all the details here Here is a photo of the land they have assigned to us It doesn’t look like much right now but thankfully we are women of vision, ready to work the…
Read MoreHow to Start Your Own Butterfly Farm
This is a magical activity to do with your kids and now is the perfect season in Israel. Step 1: Find some baby caterpillars. In the photos, I show you how. Step 2: Put them in a shoe box (or similar container) with lots of leaves from their host plant. You can try identify the…
Read MoreThe No. 1 Vegetable to Plant Right Now
Everyone keeps asking me what to plant now, so I made a list of my favorite summer vegetables to grow. I ordered it from least practical, easy and rewarding – to the most! Can you guess what will be my #1 recommendation? All these are fairly easy to grow in the Israeli summer but some…
Read MoreBirkas Ha’Ilanos Under Lockdown
It’s the month of Nissan and we have a special mitzvah to make a bracha over fruit-bearing trees in bloom. Usually that means that we head out in the neighborhood on a delightful blossom hunt in nearby parks and gardens. This year it’s not so easy but our bewildered, news-saturated souls need this inspiring once-a-year…
Read More6 vegetables from your kitchen you can plant and grow
It’s spring time! Do you wish you could grow some vegetables – but can’t visit the nursery due to lockdown? That’s why I created this list of 6 vegetables from your kitchen you can sprout and grow These plants are all ideally planted in spring – i.e. right now. 1. Sweet potato Plop a sweet…
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