Heaps of Harvests
..the joy tempered only by my enrolment in the caterpillar calamity club You could be forgiven for thinking my garlic plants were dead a couple of weeks ago, with their […]
Category Archives: Freezing
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 […]
Defence Mechanisms
I’m trying to grow lemongrass again this year. Last year’s attempt floundered when a pot of young stalks didn’t survive the lower over-winter temperatures in a mini greenhouse. I’ll bring […]
Heinous Horseradish
Or The plant that knew no boundaries … The unseasonal high temperatures – 12C with five days to go until Christmas – left me no excuse to delay the inevitable […]
Dry, freeze, eat, prepare
Oh let me assure you Mr. Bond, I intend to control the world’s supply of rosemary.. I would post a photo of the rosemary plant in my herb bed but […]
Coming In and Going Out
It was a big day in the garden today: after lifting various matured crops I was finally able to move the tomato plants out of the plastic tents and into […]
Freezer Filling
Despite it being the height of summer this weather hasn’t been helping the garden through what should be its period of peak productivity. Temperatures are lower than they should be […]
Harvest Time
For me, this is one of the best times of the vegetable growing year. Root crops have been rapidly swelling and there is so much lovely food to pick and […]
on the grapevine
OK birds, you’ve had your share.. Watching blackbirds and robins eating my grapes in recent days spurred me into the annual vine harvest. Working along the fence where the vines […]
Tomato Time
With four varieties on the go, and a couple of weeks of nice weather, the tomatoes are coming in thick and fast now. Above, just under three pounds of Red […]
