Sep 19, 2021 | Kitchen Gardening, Mickey's Blog, Guest Speakers
On the spur of the moment….while cutting more elderflower….I realised the garlic at my feet was ready to harvest! It just looked right. Soon the fresh smell of newly pulled garlic and damp earth filled the air, and the black soil yielded 130 beautiful...
Sep 19, 2021 | Kitchen Gardening, Seasonal Cooking, Mickey's Blog
For those who thought I was telling little white lies at my talk on Kitchen Gardening at our Open Weekend, here is proof that there was indeed bean seed in the ground where I suggested it was! The seedlings are doing well now but I’ll wait another couple of...
Sep 19, 2021 | Kitchen Gardening, Mickey's Blog
Guess what I’m up to? Gathering armfuls of elderflower to brew into cordial for our open garden weekend! Of course, like everything here, we really do operate on a domestic scale. So while there is ample for us and our Kitchen Gardening Days, open garden may...
Sep 19, 2021 | Kitchen Gardening, Mickey's Blog
I sometimes think that maybe broad beans (double-shelled of course!), are my very, very favourite things. Combined with an asparagus or two, all straight from the garden, you have a plate of veg straight from heaven…
Sep 19, 2021 | Kitchen Gardening, Mickey's Blog
They may not make the prettiest picture in the garden, but once asparagus get a move on, they seem almost to grow before your very eyes. It isn’t until you see them growing that you realise how all the ones in the shops must be graded for size, as garden ones...
Sep 19, 2021 | Kitchen Gardening, Mickey's Blog
I’m always surprised when I find a mature cauliflower! They seem to be so slow to get started, then I’m sure I checked only a week ago to find nothing hiding in the centre of the sturdy folds of grey/blue leaves. But yesterday – surprise! I...
