I recently discovered the joys of foraging and this year I’ve really experimented with wild garlic. If you haven’t tried it before, wild garlic tastes similar to…… Read more “Recipe – Wild Garlic Scones”
Category: Diary
The chronolog of our adventures!
Tomatogate
At the start of September we had a slight blip in the weather, and suffered around two weeks of damp, chilly, rain-filled days. And this happened. Yes,…… Read more “Tomatogate”
The sweet smell of success
I take it all back. My earlier lament of “I can’t grow flowers!” has been roundly rescinded. After three years of trying, here is my very first…… Read more “The sweet smell of success”
Egg Run
We were given this as a present and I think it is quite possibly the greatest object of all time. It is an egg run and it…… Read more “Egg Run”
Lavatera Revisited
Remember the Lavatera? Back in early June when the gardening bug first started to really take hold I thought I’d try flowers. Well. BEHOLD. In all its…… Read more “Lavatera Revisited”
‘Precoce de Louviers’ Pointy Spring Cabbage
The second thing we planted out this weekend just gone was these, the fantastically ponce-ily named ‘Precoce de Louviers’ Pointy Spring Cabbage: It’s French, dahling. As the name suggests…… Read more “‘Precoce de Louviers’ Pointy Spring Cabbage”
Aquadulce Longpod Broad Bean
Lately we’ve turned our attention to the upcoming seasons, AUTUMN (and Winter!) and the impending hungry gap. It’s our first winter season as Allotmenteers so we’re trying our a…… Read more “Aquadulce Longpod Broad Bean”
How to make beetroot wine
Many months ago Tea Stew and I were in the queue to pay at Poundland. The check out lady scanned our products, held up a pack of…… Read more “How to make beetroot wine”
Catellite Dish
We took the cats for their ‘chop’ last Friday. Bran, the ginger one, was up and running pretty well straight away. We heard he gave the staff…… Read more “Catellite Dish”
How not to grow rocket
Alas, another pestilent plague has wreaked havoc on our produce. This time the unfortunate victim was Tea Stew’s rocket. And who was the culprit? Yep, you guessed…… Read more “How not to grow rocket”
