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!
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
These last weeks, a great deal of time and effort has gone into cutting back leggy summer growth. We almost do a full prune of the garden through Jan/Feb, which is pretty dramatic stuff – not for the faint-hearted; and I’m grateful to have Alex help do the...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
It isn’t every day I can show off a melon! And really, this is a rather pathetic attempt, (or so I thought before I sank my teeth into it!). I haven’t had any success with rockmelons for about five years. I think they really dislike our often humid...
