Patricia Georgee, Richard Horobin reap rewards from Cotter plots in Canberra

By Susan Parsons
Updated May 31 2015 - 10:08am, first published May 19 2015 - 11:45pm
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Patricia Georgee harvests leek and rainbow chard at the Cotter garden. Photo: Melissa Adams
Patricia Georgee harvests leek and rainbow chard at the Cotter garden. Photo: Melissa Adams
Richard Horobin checks out the edible weeds growing in the Cotter garden compost heap. Photo: Melissa Adams
Richard Horobin checks out the edible weeds growing in the Cotter garden compost heap. Photo: Melissa Adams

There is a one-litre bucket of pesto in Patricia Georgee's fridge in  Curtin. It was made from her basil that had still not been hit by frost in May.   Patricia  and her husband, Richard Horobin, have 60 kilograms of pumpkins stored in their shed. At present, they are using seeds in a fragrant spiced Indian vegetable and red lentil soup,  which they found in an online  recipe  by Sarah Tuck in   New Zealand  (dish.co.nz).  The soup contains cumin, turmeric, ginger, garam masala and a hint  of chilli with lots of chopped pumpkin, onion, sweet potato, waxy potato, carrot, vegetable stock, coconut cream and natural yoghurt. It is served with naan or roti.

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