I rarely get out these days but myself and Niall always try to squeeze in a relaxing pint on a Friday evening. Pubs whether you like or loath them are ….Read more
Letters to a Beekeeper
As I’ve mentioned in my bee article I have accidentally ended up with a hive of bees. This is all fine and well but clearly I need to learn a ….Read more
Making Chutneys
I asked my wife Siobhan to have a go at documenting her chutney making endeavours with the following results, go Siobhan! The English made chutneys their own after the traders ….Read more
September Update
September already, wha? Well I don’t know about you but I’ve had a great year in the vegetable garden. Yes, I’ve done a lot of work on my soil but ….Read more
Potato Blight – Recognising and avoiding.
Everyone who has grown potatoes will have heard of potato blight, it’s the most serious disease affecting potatoes and one which is almost impossible not to get. The disease is ….Read more
Wild and Free: Cooking from Nature
How times have changed regarding the use of wild foods in our diet, since Wild and Free: Cooking from Nature, written by my late husband, Cyril and I was first ….Read more
How to Grow Garlic – Our Top 10 Tips
We love to grow garlic, it’s an easy crop but does require a little bit of care to get the results you’re looking for. With that in mind we’ve compiled ….Read more
Growing Garlic
Garlic is really pretty easy to grow as long as you take a little care will reward you with robust flavoured bulbs for the kitchen. Garlic doesn’t like a soil ….Read more
Composting explained
Why Compost in the first place? Composting is the best thing you can do for your vegetable garden. It is the natural process that returns the nutrients used by growing ….Read more
Vegetable Harvesting guidelines – A trip round our garden.
I was working my way around my garden yesterday, checking on things and harvesting a bit of this and a bit of that. As I worked my way through a ….Read more