Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Guest Speakers
On the spur of the moment….while cutting more elderflower….I realised the garlic at my feet was ready to harvest! It just looked right. Soon the fresh smell of newly pulled garlic and damp earth filled the air, and the black soil yielded 130 beautiful...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Seasonal Cooking
For those who thought I was telling little white lies at my talk on Kitchen Gardening at our Open Weekend, here is proof that there was indeed bean seed in the ground where I suggested it was! The seedlings are doing well now but I’ll wait another couple of...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Special Events
Our own stall sold a collection of rosemary bunches tied up with string, purple podded peas, poppy seed for companion planting & rose-scented pelargoniums…. While visitors spilled out of the Hayshed & Dairy to eat lunch or tea & cake in the shade of...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Special Events
that Harriet & Mat built! If they can make something as mesmerising as this on a hot day in front of a crowd of garden visitors, just imagine what they can produce given thought, time, and the correct season to harvest material for a serious living willow...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Special Events
Polita & Elan delighted children and adults alike with their antics throughout the garden… Poli assumes she’s escaped from Professor Bumblebottom on the Persimmon lawn…
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog
The spectacular Epiphyllum has unfurled its petals for open garden today! What delight!
