Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
It’s a sweet winter joy to tip a handful of just-dug parsnips into the kitchen sink. A couple of minutes taken to lightly scrub away the soil reveals bright, cream roots to toss in olive oil & slip into the oven for a roasted treat. My aim however, is to...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog
Two weeks on since the first petas unfurled
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Seasonal Cooking
Five girls, six cakes – what a day! We chopped, we stirred, we blitzed, we grated, we mixed, we whisked….and we washed up! Lovely bags of warm wrapped cakes went home for tasting treats over the weekend. What huge fun! Well done everyone –...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
There’s been some frisky business going on at the bottom of the Kitchen Garden these past few months! My clear, yellow Nellie Melba nasturtiums with a deep read central blotch have crossed….perhaps with the Empress of India from down near the compost...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
While doing some preparatory digging on Saturday, I discovered buried treasure in the shape of a handful of potatoes that I must have missed earlier in the year – what a great treat – unexpected new potatoes for lunch!
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
The very first jasmine flowers of the season! I can’t wait ’til there are long trails of them to bring inside for their heady, sweet scent, (though I think the vine scrambling over the pantry wall looks more attractive when in bud rather than full...
