Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
Hello! If you are thinking about growing anything then you couldn’t start with an easier vegetable than Rhubarb. It actually needs very little attention but of course, as with most things, if you go the extra mile with it you’ll get much better results. It’s fantastic for cooking and baking with and rewards you year [...]
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Good morning! I am popping up here this morning to say that tomorrow I will be posting my how-to’s on how to plant Onions, Rhubarb and Horseradish. I was amazed at how easy and quick it was to plant all three of these vegetables and I’m looking forward to eating and cooking with them. Of [...]
Monday, March 28th, 2011
To be honest we didn’t have super high hopes for the weather this weekend. For a start we had heard that it was going to drizzle on Saturday, it didn’t, the sun shone all day. We had also heard that it was going to be about eleven degrees. It wasn’t, in fact it was perfect. [...]
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
I watched Gardeners’ World yesterday evening on the BBC iplayer. I’d missed the return of Monty Don when it went out and was desperate to catch up. The first episode of this series did not disappoint. The part I loved the most was when it showed Monty in his own garden. He spoke about the [...]
Friday, February 25th, 2011
I feel like I’m being a bit cheeky today as I’m nipping in with another post that I want you to join in with. My thinking was that if you’re out and about this weekend buying herb seeds then you could also pick up some seed potatoes and grow you own tatties! Last year we [...]
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
It’s 14 degrees centigrade here in West Sussex today. There is no frost to scrape off the windows, the sky is slightly brighter and I can smell the force of spring pushing its way across the south downs. This means that I can be outside and not freeze my nuts off within five minutes. I [...]
Monday, February 21st, 2011
During the Winter I spend a lot more time on the house and housey things than I do in the garden. For obvious reasons. The garden is hibernating, dormant, and not pretty to look at unless covered in a blanket of snow or dusted with frost. The house is much more inviting and cosy. But [...]
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
Yesterday I typed the word ‘Flower’ when what I meant to type was ‘Flour’. Bless you, Mary Ann. I hadn’t even noticed *blush*. Hmmmm, I could put this down to Baby Brain but I think what it was more a case of subconsciously itching to be out in the garden and planting up for Spring [...]
Friday, November 5th, 2010
The thing I love about the Internet is that everything is so fast. Here we were half an hour or so ago and now I’m here with Ned on my lap telling you all about it. It’s a garden day today and we’ve a lot to do so I’m going to pop Ned down for [...]
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
I sometimes find myself wandering around the house and simply fiddling. Moving this pot to that windowsill or shifting a chair from one corner to another. Pottering is the technical term and I’m a world champion at it. They say it takes ten thousand hours of doing something to become an expert at it. I [...]
