Country Women's Wisdom Liz Harfull

The pandemic might have put a hold on agricultural shows in Australia for the foreseeable future, but that makes it even more important to celebrate this important tradition. In this episode Liz takes us to Queensland where it would normally be peak show season, and shares stories about prize-winning show cooks Enid Cox and Monica Smith, from Maleny, and Edna ONeill from Murgon. These three farm women juggled milking cows and raising families with outstanding volunteer efforts at their local ...

In this episode Liz shares the stories of three mothers and their families, in tribute to Mother's Day, which Australians celebrate in early May.The first woman featured is Doris Turner, who emigrated from England to Western Australia, after the Second World War, with her husband, Ted, and their ten children. She swapped a modern bungalow in the New Forest, for a termite-ridden, four-roomed farmhouse in the south-west of WA, and a dairy farm infested with rabbits. But according to her daughte...

This episode of Country Women's Wisdom shares the stories of three women and their contribution to Australia's war effort, raising funds in a time of great need, through the simple act of sharing recipes.The episode begins with sounds captured at Liz Harfull's local Anzac Day ceremony in the Adelaide Hills, held under very different circumstances than usual, on April 25, 2020.It closes with her favourite recipe for the Australian kitchen classic, Anzac biscuits, and some of the surprising his...

In this episode celebrating apple season, Liz shares the stories of two remarkable women - pioneering Tasmanian philanthropist Emily Dobson and third-generation orchardist Lynette Rideout, from New South Wales. And for a special treat, Liz explains how to make a little known recipe for Apple Schmarren - a deliciously simple apple pancake, perfect for an autumn stay-at-home brunch.