Flowers in the Polytunnel
These are the flowers I tend to grow – pea, courgette nasturtium and aubergine. All the more beautiful because you can either eat them or eat the wonderful fruits they […]
These are the flowers I tend to grow – pea, courgette nasturtium and aubergine. All the more beautiful because you can either eat them or eat the wonderful fruits they […]
I have been meaning to post an update on the polytunnel for a while, but things are changing on a daily basis, but here goes anyway….. So far I have […]
A somewhat belated 2018 Nevruz celebration – there has been a lot going on here and the blog has fallen behind – I will try and catch up although the […]
Last autumn I sowed radish, spinach, lettuce, rocket and spring onion seeds in my greenhouse hoping for some winter greens. Looks impressive doesn’t it? Well don’t be fooled, the radishes […]
Since last July I have had some visual problems – it is hard to describe what these consist of: I have found focusing hard, by about midday I just want […]
I have tried to keep notes about my vegetable gardens in physical notebooks for the past few years. I start off very well, but by about week 3 or 4 […]
The polytunnel was in a bit of a state at the end of the summer. By that I mean it was completely overgrown with grass (don’t put hay down in […]
This year the Christmas project was to renovate the hugelkultur (see here for last year’s project). When we made the beds we didn’t really do anything to the paths between […]
I like cooking for friends. This week we have lots of lovely people coming to visit us and i am planning what to make. Planning menus used to take sometime […]
The greenhouses (and the polytunnel) are an overgrown mess. But a month ago (maybe even at the end of September) I cleared out one of them. I then decided to […]