Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
For years I’ve been experimenting with sweet potatoes in funny places….ie not in the actual kitchen garden! I don’t know why…I guess we don’t eat that many of them, although I think they’re delicious, and I got excited if I...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About
What an enormous weekend at The Collectors’ Plant Fair! So many friendly faces…..so many enticing plants! I thought I’d drop in this image of the passenger footwell of my car on the last return journey from the fair! i’m always struck by this...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Seasonal Cooking
I love the days of Easter, which seem to have their own natural flow. I like to treat Good Friday as one of preparation for more celebratory days ahead, so by necessity, as well as bringing a great sense of satisfaction, the tasks tend to be good, practical, sober,...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
It’s a meagre persimmon harvest this year after last year’s bumper crop, which is a bit disappointing. The crows took another half dozen & there are a couple for which I need a ladder. I’ll save these till they’re deep orange &...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Seasonal Cooking
From tree and hive to plate. Homegrown figs & honey….though I’ve drawn the line (for now) at yoghurt. Just don’t ask me to milk a cow!
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About
This year, the District Exhibits at the Royal Easter Show have taken on a whole new meaning….not only representing the finest and most diverse produce from their respective districts, but expressing the impact of war long ago, while life went on by necessity,...
