Plants: Grape Vines
More than a little chuffed and excited with the grapevine this year. It’s 4 th year here and thus far a tiny bunch has appeared each of the previous 2
RECIPE: Soft Set Gooseberry Jam – or Fridge Jam
After making Sarah Raven’s wonderful soft set Apricot jam earlier in the year I have been playing about with the ‘soft set’ method on other jams. Our goosberry bushes have
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Recipe – Rhubarb, Date and Ginger chutney
It’s January the time for clearing out and cleaning down and generally getting ready for the seasons to come. I will admit our freezer has been rather bulging with excess
Bare roots
In September there is always a wild rush to plant while the soil is still warm enough for plants to get a start with settling in before winter but
Recipe: Green tomato chutney
You know the old saying ‘when life gives you lemons….make lemonade‘ well when nature hands you a series of Mill’s periods* resulting in a surge of tomato blight you make
Recipe : Gooseberry & lemon Curd
As you will have guessed by now I am an avid Gooseberry devorer always on the lookout for new ways of preparing them. This summer a new addition to the
Recipe – Red Currant Jelly
I always have great plans for preserves and jamming as much of my produce and foraging as possible as the seasons roll around but last year everything well to hell
Recipe: Medlar Jelly
What is a medlar I hear you ask? Mespilus germanica is a small odd shaped fruit grown here since Roman times. A small sized roundish fruit with a rough mid
Recipe: Crab Apple Jelly
I am a preserver, by that I mean I make use of as much produce, foraged, home grown and free as I can. From my plot (400m2), from friends as
Recipe : Gooseberry and Raspberry jam
This was a bit of an accident to be honest, though I suspect someone has written about it before. I was making gooseberry jam and needing to make up the
Growing Edibles in the Ornamental Garden
Do you grow edibles in your ornamental garden? It’s something I am beginning to be asked more and more when designing gardens. Sometimes there is space and a desire to
Garden Visit – Barrington Court
On a whim a couple of weeks ago I went ‘nursery trawling’ in the south west-ish of England. I collect Iris, specifically Miniature Tall Bearded iris but of late I
What are you going to feast on (and grow yourself!) this year?
So it is that time of the year when thoughts turn to the veg patch for the coming year. At least it does in our house! I have grand ideas
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