Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog
While other parts of the garden
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
It seems only yesterday that the ‘guild’ side of the Kitchen Garden closely resembled a wild flower meadow (above). But fast forward almost two months and the majority of these plants have expired, I’ve collected their seed and carried out a huge...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
It’s not quite a month since I snapped this first happy, daisy-like bloom on the very top of the 2.5metre-plus stalks of the Jerusalem artichokes (from the kitchen verandah, most are just above eye level). One single flower became many, ’til a sea of...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
It may have taken me a few years to work out initially, but once I got the process sorted, our own compost has become better with each batch. It never ceases to amaze me that we can turn a heap of garden waste in every shape, size and texture (above); into the most...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
What a few days! Most of the Kitchen Garden underwent a complete overhaul during Easter….from gentle pruning to ripping out – making way for the season ahead. On this ‘cusp of season’, we went from rampant summer bliss to something...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
Whilst there was an Easter Egg hunt in the garden…..the greatest delight of all was opening the big fat pod of a scarlet runner to reveal this shiny pink bean inside – heaven!
