Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Special Events
I say sneak peak because I just didn’t take enough snaps (and very much hope the photographer who joined us may allow me to use some of his to show you in coming days). In the meantime, here is a token collection (that I took too hurriedly then felt compelled to...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Seasonal Cooking
I’m thinking asparagus with a poached egg, wilted pea tips & baby leaf amaranth, scattered with a few baby broad beans for dinner tonight. What do you think? Spring, oh spring delight!
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
Wherever I roam, the air is simply filled with heady perfume! It’s almost dizzying, and accompanies each task with pure joy. I simply can’t wait to get up in the mornings! From wisteria heavy with bloom and alive with the drone of bees, to the last...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Seasonal Cooking
Morning tea cakes for spring garden visitors, with some unlikely companions: crabapple blossom & the last of the exquisitely coloured, crinkly kale Redbor.
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About
What a day of insight and inspiration, at this year’s Food & Words at The Mint, on Saturday. Once again, Barbara Sweeney lined up a collection of diverse speakers…..some well known, but others who spend their lives behind the scenes, making things...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About
Do you wonder what surprise awaits, as you wander up the drive….beyond the Jubaeachilensis, the Aloes, Agaves & trailing Pelargoniums? A tantalising glimpse here, beckons to discover what lies beyond …. and you have the rare opportunity to visit...