Leaf Relief
Fronds to the fore Autumn means leaves will be falling from the trees soon but in terms of vegetable growing it’s a time when the emerging crops bring lots of […]
Fig Roles
The biggest harvests coming in from the garden at the moment are tomatoes: delicious, strong-tasting, deep red tomatoes. And happily there are so many ways of enjoying them that the […]
Big, small, green, red, crunch!
Or how at this time of year every phase of vegetable growing is there to be enjoyed As we enter the last few weeks of summer there are lots of […]
In need of flowers
I’ve three fiery chilli varieties on the go this year: Maya Pimento, Peach Bhut Jolokia and Pink Tiger. Having germinated the seeds and started the seedlings in a heated propagator […]
Purple Mini Trees
There’s a thing called Tree Kale: a group of tall, sturdy perennial brassicas, big enough to be considered trees and crowned by large edible leaves. They’re not often seen here […]
Beige is history
Or how, in time, one’s grub can turn green Imagine you judged the desirability of food by its colour. When I was a child I liked food that was cake […]
Oh just go and leave us, why don’t you ..
No, you go, we’ll manage just fine. Go and enjoy your holiday – we’ll just have to look after ourselves won’t we .. Despite hours of carefully setting up hoses, […]
