Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
enough to keep us going for weeks ahead! There are some great beauties amongst them, big enough to mash, but the most prolific by far are the King Edwards – oh lucky me, as they’re my favourites with their pink speckled skins. The only negative to report...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Seasonal Cooking
Garden fennel and segments of those old-fashioned mandarins! OK, so the pips are a bit irritating, but do we really care? The fruit is from a very old tree that once sat in an awkward position. We couldn’t bring ourselves to lose it completely, and so moved...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
Ahhh….they’ve finally come to an end! These are the last babies, still attached to the vine that was limping along on its last legs. I find it so hard to pull out a productive plant, when there’s hope that even one more fruit may set, but the time...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
This late in the autumn…..who would have thought?!!
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
This season I’ve been a bit slow off the mark fencing in new seedlings, and whilst I’m aware something’s been eating outside lettuce leaves, (annoying though it is), if its only the outside leaves, I can live with it. I assumed it was a rabbit or...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
Oh there are such exciting times ahead….the very first pea flowers unfurled their petals last week and now many more are following in quick succession. Only for one variety however. The Purple Podded Dutch Pea is racing ahead of the pack, seemingly anxious to...