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 […]
Category Archives: Storing
Preservation Situation
Brrrr.. It’s turned very cold this week as winter starts to bite. There are still crops to be had in the vegetable garden but they need lifting, either to be […]
Wet and Drying
How it must look to my neighbours is anybody’s guess. On weekday evenings I can frequently be found out in the garden in complete darkness, fumbling about with a flashlight […]
Survive and Thrive
A distant memory of saffron. Wispy strands of deep red, climbing briefly from lilac flowers. How much I enjoyed growing saffron crocus a year ago. But after giving up their […]
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 […]
Squash survival
The resilience of some plants never ceases to amaze. Many weeks ago I accidentally snapped the delicate stem of a young squash plant. Just a little of the stalk was […]
Making garlic powder
Today I noticed that some of last year’s garlic that I have in storage had started sprouting. To rescue it, I turned it into garlic powder: it’s a little painstaking […]
