Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Seasonal Cooking
A couple of weeks ago, I alluded to Alex’s seemingly stymied hope of harvesting our first batch of honey any time soon. Well…that was in relation to the Warre hive and to be honest, I was quite content with the section of comb he’d so excitedly...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
Seasonal crop rotation in progress: first the chooks, then barrow loads of our beautiful compost; straw, a string line, labels and seed. Well, in fact the chooks didn’t go into the root veg bed & nor did the compost….as root veg like a...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Seasonal Cooking, Special Events
Where oh where do the days vanish to? I don’t know, but perhaps it’s just ‘that time of year’! There is so much happening…in the garden, preparing for events, cooking (to name just a few distractions), which is why there’s not been...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Seasonal Cooking
Experimenting with ‘ripeness’ of the Cape Gooseberry. I’ve only grown them once before, a few years ago, so I’m not entirely sure at which point to pick them. I baked these ones ’til wrinkled, and they were absolutely sublime. ...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About, Kitchen Gardening
Late February – it’s a high maintenance moment! Following my last post, I’m happy to tell you I spent all weekend ‘pushing my own barrow’, in both the ornamental and Kitchen Garden. The most important task of all was to cut back tomato...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
Coloured chard….one of the few plants from which you can collect seed to sow and harvest fresh new leaves at the same time!
