I was just playing around. Here is a recipe I cook at home. Beef fillet steak with mountain pepper sauce. Grind in a mortar and pestle about 6 large dried mountain pepper leaves with half a teaspoon of sea salt. Crush 3 cloves of garlic and rub the garlic and a little olive oil into 4 premium fillet steaks. Sprinkle the mountain pepper leaf and salt mixture liberally over the steaks and rub in by hand. Cover the meat and allow to sit at room temperature for the flavours to infuse. Slice potato and sweet potato into rounds about 5 mm thick. Partially boil them in salted water making sure they are just still firm. Thinly slice an onion into whole rounds. Layer the potato, sweet potato and onion into an oiled baking dish. Pour half a cup of cream over the potatoes, season with pepper and a little freshly grated nutmeg. Pop into a hot oven (fan forced if available) until brown on top. Add a tablespoon of butter to a hot pan and fry the steaks for around 2 minutes each side, cook them to your liking but DO NOT OVER COOK. They should feel firm by still springy when pressed with a fork. Remove the steaks from the pan and allow to rest briefly whilst preparing the sauce. Add a good swig of red wine to the pan to deglaze, remove from the heat. In a mortar and pestle grind a teaspoon of mountain pepper berries and 4 or 5 dried bush tomatoes (Solanum centrale). Add this to the wine in the pan together with a tablespoon of honey, a knob of butter and a teaspoon of balsamic vinegar. Simmer briefly, transfer the steaks back into the oven to reheat (pour any juices into the sauce pan). Cut a triangular section of the potato bake and place in the centre of a PREHEATED plate. Slice the fillet steaks almost all the way through in strips creating a fan shape. Arrange on top of the potatoes (work fast or it'll go cold). Simmer the sauce to reheat and pour through a sieve over the meat and drizzle a little around the plate for effect. Serve immediately.

Thanks chas Grevillea have beautiful flowers that one is endemic to our area I grow more plants from the seeds. I was given some seeds of the white Grevillea banksii two years ago and I am hoping that it will flower this year as I have never seen it in real life.. Inga Thank you once again.. I used to post photos a lot once but no one replied so I joined another Australian Forum I often post on GW US site I put Orchids on this week for ID. My roses are blooming at present as I grow them in our Winter, and let them go into dormancy in the Summer when it is too hot.. I will post some tomorrow for you promise.. Here is one I took this during the week *Renae and Friends * I love bees.. You have a wonderful day too Cheers...Misty

It's found in all states, albeit in dryer areas. About the only thing that R. spinescens isn't tolerant of is poorly drained sites. It's known in ornamental horticulture as being a good plant in coastal areas due to its tolerance of salt pray, so perhaps it's worth a try. Considering how dry it's been in Brisbane of late, I don't see why you couldn't grow it successfully. It's also very tolerant of compaction. Like I said, the only thing I'm aware of in terms of how finicky this plant is would be poor drainage. I'd give it a go, Lynne.

Not without a photo, georginagale. Did you try to include one?