A bit of a squash
I grew some squash last year and, to be honest, they were a bit disappointing. This year I decided I wouldn’t bother. This was also […]
Gardening
A pretty flower
Thought you might like to see one of our zinnias. Andrea grew them from seed this year and they are stunning. Look at them.
Ooh! Matron!
Our first aubergine of the year, and I felt immediately obliged to whip out an innuendo. This variety is Hansel F1. Comedy gold.
Roman Holiday
Hello again. It’s been a while, but we’ve been away. Haha! Italy, this time. As usual, we picked a few cookbooks off the shelves to […]
Scandilous
After a successful trip to sunny Spain last week, we thought we’d try somewhere a bit overcast and chillier this week, to reflect the weather […]
Spanish Week
As we can’t go abroad at the moment, we thought we do our best to bring abroad to us. This week it’s Spanish week, which […]
Salad days
I love this time of year, there are lots of little green things growing around the place that you can spice up a boring lettuce […]
When it’s spring again, I’ll bring again…
…. tulips from Malvern. If it wasn’t for this flipping Coronavirus thing, I’d currently be in the Hague looking forward to visiting Keukenhof tomorrow to […]
Beetroot leaf crisps to have with your gin
Earlier in the year I transplanted some beetroot that were in the wrong place, you may remember. I wasn’t really expecting much, but didn’t feel […]
More seeds planted
I’ve planted the contents of some more old packs of seeds. This time it was coriander, dill and kohl rabi. They were going in the […]