Self sufficient (ish)
This is my salad self-sufficiency kit. It has now provided me with baby-leaf salads of one sort or another since about April. That’s over six months since my last bag of supermarket salads. And do you...
View ArticleAn October summer
What’s for pud at your house tonight? I’m not being nosy (or inviting myself round, though if you’re asking…): I’m just looking for an excuse to brag shamelessly. You see, for pudding tonight chez moi...
View ArticleGood things in small packages
Tiny pumpkins for tiny hands: 'Jack Be Little' While we’re on the subject of pumpkins: just look at these little doozies. Those are my ten-year-old’s hands: and they fit quite comfortably into her...
View ArticleUp on the roof
Possibly the most original green roof ever: the snack van from Lulu's Local Eatery I came across what must surely be the coolest green roof in the world this week. If you thought creating a green roof...
View ArticleHow to plant a potato
Oh all right, that title is a bit tongue in cheek. I’m assuming if you’ve read this far you’ve probably managed to plant a spud or two in your time. But it’s my bet you’ve probably always done it in...
View ArticleEdible inspiration #1
A Moveable Feast, designed by Kate Turner Just back from the Hampton Court Flower Show and my head is still spinning. I keep having little flashbacks of particularly gorgeous corners of the show like...
View ArticlePick of the month: November
Chilli ‘Razzmatazz’ If you want an insight into the true character of a man, give him a super-hot chilli to eat. You know: one of those Dorset Nagas or (god forbid) Trinidad Scorpion Butch T, currently...
View ArticleEdible inspiration
It was all change at the Edible Garden Show this year. There were turkeys, I tell you. Real ones, with those weird long things dangling off their noses. The pigs and goats were sadly missed – ‘elf ‘n’...
View ArticlePick of the month: June
Pea ‘Oregon Sugar Pod’ To quote a well-known advert for a certain shop which I’m sure used to sell clothing but now seems to be a supermarket for posh people: [cue 1970s lounge lizard soundtrack and...
View ArticleHampton Court: A rubbish show garden
'A Space to Connect and Grow', by Jeni Cairns and Sophie Antonelli (Gold, Best Summer Garden) Recycling in the garden can be tricky to get right. It’s all very well making planters out of teacups and...
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