That’d be me, in case you were wondering! Yesterday’s work was mostly in the kitchen. I’ve made the most of a bunch of rhubarb from Doddington Hall Farm Shop – rhubarb muffins, rhubarb crumble and then a chicken risotto and grilled home-grown asparagus! I also made a quick loaf of pesto bread with last week’s […]
The one with the holidays ahead
Says it all really! Day 2 of the Easter hols and the sun is shining. Spend Sunday in the garden, planting far too many seeds! Just got to hope that some germinate now. We went to RHS Harlow Carr on Saturday, and there was the famous quote “one is nearer God’s love in the garden […]
The one with the new shoots
Finally time to start phone blogging properly. I’ll explain the title first…. The asparagus planted last year has started to show through the soil at last! Three spears, each around 4cm tall, so far but it’s a start. Spent yesterday at RHS Harlow Carr. A great day out…. The garden was lovely, we had afternoon […]
The one with all the courgettes
OK, so my title lies a little. They’re more marrows than courgettes! Either way, there’s a lot of them. So, this morning has been spent searching for recipes to use them in, and acquainting myself with the finer points of OneNote (more on that in a later post I think) The first culinary delight to […]
The one in the sunshine
Oh the wonders of wireless technology – blogging from the garden! Seemed appropriate as that’s where the rest of my day has been spent thus far. The dog is chilling out at my feet as I type – it’s too hot for her! Today’s work has mostly been “planting out” and sowing seeds – the […]
The one with the tomatoes
OK, so the title gives away what I did yesterday! The plan was to make the roof for the summerhouse, but the rain & wind prevented that, so the afternoon was spent in the greenhouse. Have now got 4 tomato plants in the ground, and some salad leaves planted arouns them. I also potted on […]
The one with the long term commitment
Asparagus went into the garden today! Read earlier in the week that putting in asparagus is making a long term commitment to your garden – pledging your troth to it. It’ll be another 1-2 years before we get a proper harvest from it, but then we could be looking at upto 100 spears a year! […]
The one that marks the re-start
Have decided today to take up this blogging lark more seriously! I’m going to try and add something more regularly than I was doing – which won’t be hard. Today saw the arrival of the rhubarb and asparagus crowns for the veg garden, but the beds aren’t quite ready for them yet! Typical. Will hopefully […]