Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
They may not make the prettiest picture in the garden, but once asparagus get a move on, they seem almost to grow before your very eyes. It isn’t until you see them growing that you realise how all the ones in the shops must be graded for size, as garden ones...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About
I love this peculiar collection of ratty old pots I keep down at the potting shed….they get a bit of a tidy from time to time but mostly they contain odd cuttings that have yet to find a home. The succulent in the middle came from Camden Park, almost six years...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
I’m always surprised when I find a mature cauliflower! They seem to be so slow to get started, then I’m sure I checked only a week ago to find nothing hiding in the centre of the sturdy folds of grey/blue leaves. But yesterday – surprise! I...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
Peas and roses…ah spring!
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Special Events
A few weeks ago, I was asked to host a photo shoot, in preparation for a very exciting Kinfolk presentation….. In the event, I made bread… and candied Clementines. The lovely Alex Falkiner made ropes of fabric to fashion into interesting things,...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Seasonal Cooking
This self-sown coloured chard has given us leaves on countless occasions these last months. I find it difficult to bring myself to pull out anything that’s edible, even if it is in the wrong place! This one has been prolific in the middle of the asparagus bed...
