The time is (nearly) Ripe
I’ve a very interesting tomato bed on the go this season: two plants each of Santorange, Aviditas and the blight-resistant Crimson Crush, each a first-time grow for me. I bought […]
Tag Archives: beans
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 […]
Taking Shape
There’s something cute about tiny cucumbers just starting to form. All of a sudden the first few have appeared this week and I took the opportunity to pinch out the […]
Heats, Shoots and Leaves
This hot sunny weather is perfect for vegetable growing. Unfortunately it’s also perfect for lounging outside with a bottle of wine, so I didn’t quite do as much gardening as […]
Preparations proceeding
With the outdoor sowing season approaching, it was time at the weekend to give the raised beds a good clear and tidy up. Lots of small weeds and patches of […]
Drying and Roasting
Just like squirrels burying their supply of nuts, it’s time for vegetable gardeners to bring in final harvests from many of the main growing season’s plants and store them for […]
I’m just a Bean Counter
Or when you get rather more than expected… A straggly mess: that’s what had become of the raised bed where dwarf French beans grew earlier in the season. As is […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sun and spices
As noon approached earlier today, the skies cleared and a mathematical equation formed in my mind: Freshly picked veg + pizza base from cupboard + table & chair on back […]
