Lettuce be content…

Lettuce be content…

Now while some may be looking for chocolate, these few days of Easter, I’ll be quite content with the folds of this beautiful butter lettuce, and an odd leaf pulled from the burgeoning raddichios – like the one below, captured in early morning sun...
Raspberry intoxication….

Raspberry intoxication….

There may not be vast quantities, but this week has seen me collecting a ramekin dish each day, of the most plump, perfect, delicious raspberries you can imagine!  Each one to be savoured on its own….and the smell of even just a few is almost...
Black bamboo…

Black bamboo…

In preparation for today’s Kitchen Gardening Day, we collected a huge bundle of bamboo from dear friends during the week.  Each rod has since been clipped of its foliage and sorted for making structures for our autumn/winter sowings of peas and broad beans....