By MANDY SINCLAIR

Storage:

Wrap picked thyme in damp kitchen paper and place in a plastic bag. Refrigerate for up to 1 week.

What to do with glut

• Freeze

Place whole sprigs in a resealable plastic bag. Freeze for up to 1 month. The leaves will discolour and the flavor will be slightly more mild, however it is far superior to using dried thyme.

• Preserve

Add thyme to pickles, onion jam, vinegar and flavoured oils.

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By MANDY SINCLAIR

Thyme & parmesan crumbed chicken

1 cup grated parmesan
1½ cups fresh breadcrumbs
2 tbsp thyme leaves
500g chicken tenderloins
¼ cup plain flour
1 egg
¼ cup olive oil
mashed potato, salad, to serve

1. Mix together parmesan, breadcrumbs and thyme. Dust chicken in flour, shaking off excess. Whisk egg and 1 tbsp water in a shallow dish. Dip chicken in egg and then breadcrumb mixture, pressing down to coat.
2. Heat oil in a frying pan on medium. Cook chicken for 2-3 mins each side, until crisp and golden. Drain on kitchen paper.
3. Serve with mashed potato and salad.

Serves 4

Tip
Prepare chicken ahead of time and refrigerate until ready to cook. Crumbed chicken can also be frozen for up to 1 month. Thaw in refrigerator and cook as above.

try this …….
Thyme roasted tomatoes
Halve roma tomatoes, lengthways. Lay, cut-side up on a baking tray. Drizzle with a little olive, season and scatter over thyme leaves. Bake at 180C or 160C fan for 30-45 mins, until tomatoes have just collapsed. Serve with grilled steak or chicken.

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By MEREDITH KIRTON

Growing edibles in pots is the only option for many people on units or townhouses. If you want a potting mix that is certified organic to grow your garden in, the you can’t go past the Grange Range with it’s specially designed blend for vegetables and herbs. Look for it at your garden centre or contact www.grangehomegardener.com.au for stockists.

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There are brown spots on my new lemons, will my fruit be ok?

Did you have citrus beetles sucking their sap?  Pest oil every fortnight on all your citrus is a good way of treting all these sap suckers…and the fruit will probably still be ok though in bad cases the flesh will also be brown and spoilt below the skin.

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Why do my Kaffir lime leaves have yellow spots?

Often the spots relate to an insect, like scale, having sucked sap on the other side if the leaf.  Sometimes it can be damage on the leaves when they are young, then as they leaves grow older, the pest may have gone but the leaves grow with these imperfections, looking worse as the get bigger.

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What’s the story with my tomatoes, all the others rotted from the inside
out?

Rain rain go away, come again another day.  We have just had too much of a good thing!  The new formula of tomato dust from Yates contains both a sulphur based product for controlling fungal problems and also spinosad, which is an chemical friendly pesticide,  Try dusting with it.

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What’s the best way of growing water cress, does it need a lot of water?

In a tub or bucket – see page 362  of Meredith’s book Harvest for lovely images and instructions!

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