Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
Ah the Clementines….they seemed to come & go so very quickly this year! Then I guess we did offer rather a lot at the Winter Concert, and that wretched large black crow has been taking at least one a day (I’ve discovered a completely clean, empty...
Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About
Waking to news this morning of expected gale force winds was not what I wanted to hear….as today was earmarked for cutting and transporting armfuls of plant material for propagation, to my delightful new friends at The Secret Garden, Richmond (and the road...
Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
You may recall a few months ago I promised to report back on the great grape experiment…. Well….its been an interesting one! I must admit that the vast majority of grapes dried to nothing but a puff of empty skin…simply a shell of their former...
Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About
Today Sibella Court will be signing copies of her iconic book ‘Bowerbird’ at The Society inc. in Paddington between 2 & 4pm. She suggests you ‘bring your own books – hopefully full of notes & slightly dog-eared’, or to buy another...
Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog
Ooooh how I love potatoes – especially baby new ones! At this time of year, really they ought to be unheard of. We make a great fuss of planting them in early spring…whereas now is the time to be pouring over catalogues to select and order the varieties...
Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
While on the topic of peas….the very first sweet peas are beginning to flower! This very old-fashioned & highly fragrant one, Painted Lady, was developed in England in 1731. (I was scouring my Diggers catalogue and see where ‘In 1699 Sicilian monk...
