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
August in the Vegetable Garden
I fell in love all over again this year. I had that light, butterfly sensation, that feeling that something was about to happen. You know the one. I was smiling ….Read more
Harvest Time Heroes
If your garden is anything like mine you’ve been reaping the rewards of the good weather with a fantastic crop of fresh vegetables. So much worked for me this year ….Read more
Beautiful Beetroot with Dorcas Barry
I always liked beetroot anyway but since my wife started making a salad with roasted beetroot and feta cheese my interest in growing them reached new heights. I have been ….Read more