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Are you thinking Oh what a dumb arse, doesn't she know that is a free catalogue, not a real magazine?? Well of course I know, & that is why I love it so much! I am always excited to see this in my mail box because it is such a thick, glossy substantial, inspirational...omg rambling now....hello it is IKEA. And boy do I want a new kitchen. This
ABC Gardening Australia
The nice people at ABC Gardening Australia sent me this magazine for review because they knew;
- I am a slut for free magazines
- I am passionate about recycling in my garden.
- I am about to replant my vege garden for spring
- All of the above
Did you answer 4? Well give yourself a Tim Tam (or Oreo, hello USA!) because you are 100% correct. The articles that I loved in particular are;
- Maggie Beer Growing Oranges, she also has some yummy Maggie Beer recipes;
- Trash the Trash which gave me some genuinely brilliant new ideas like packing compostable scraps into recyclable cardboard boxes & burying these parcels in the vege garden, or where you intend to plant a tree. I love this idea because my compost bin is full, but not yet ready to use..
- It also has a great article about the flowers at the recent royal wedding - I'm not so much a royalist but I was very interested in the language of flowers section of that article. What I also love love love about this magazine is that it has detailed information about planting region by region.
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| That is totally me, doing my bit on the Food Front. No, not that girl saying 'I carried the watermelon'. |
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| The only place I could find this recipe on the net was here, hello fellow blogger! |
Better Homes & Gardens
I bought this because A; I like to watch the Better Homes & Gardens show on Friday night but can rarely hear it over the screeching sound that embodies the monkey house I live in, & B; it came with a kick arse goodie bag on pack promotion if you bought it from a Woolworth's Supermarket, which is where I spend half my life. I love that this magazine has a monthly gardening by the moon section, besides being useful information it validates my witchy the-old-ways-are-the-best-ways leanings. This month also had a feature on Asian noodles, which inspired me to cook this. Deconstructed of course because that's how we roll.
Pasta, sauteed seafood, fresh rocket, tomato cucumber salsa,
a sweet ketciap manis based dressing & optional chili sauce.
Elle Decor US edition
This is my favourite magazine of all time. No lie. I have what seems like several hundred back issues that I will not part with, for any money. Don't try & give me the UK version, not interested. I only love the US edition. I luuuuuuuurrrrrrrrve it. I love the celebrity homes, I love the style details that seem to showcase products that we never see here, I even love the advertising. This month I especially loved that the price was reduced to $6.95 as it is normally double that, even with the freaky exchange rate lately, also I suspect because it was the July/August edition (don't know how I missed that, must have been too excited to notice small details). It is completely aspirational escapism, & I love it. (did I mention that?) I wanted to jump into the pages & live at this farm.
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So, addiction much? Tell me what magazines you can't live without.
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* Disclaimer - ABC Gardening Magazine is the only magazine I received as a review copy for this post. All words & opinions, good, bad or snarkily sarcastic are completely mine. Ikea, Better Homes & Gardens, & Elle Decor have no idea I love them, sadly.