Celery salt
Our first head of celery was finally ready to harvest and we ate the sticks as a base for shepherds pie and braised with some chard with...
First sourdough breads
After a couple of feeds we decided our starter was ready to try out. We went for 300g of starter to 500g of strong white flour a little...
Birth of a starter
Today marks the first day of our sourdough starter and is the last plum releated product of the year.The idea is that there is yeast on...
Plum Glut
Our three plum sisters (damson, czar and victoria) have now reached their optimun ripeosity and with two big blue Ikea bags to process i...
A new(t) arrival
As we went to collect some water for the squashes this morning there was a visitor paddling for its life in the rain water butt. Nigel...
Harvest in full swing
Our beetroots are very much ready to munch upon and are very tasty indeed, root and leafboth. Also ready to much are our asparagus peas...
Pickled alpine strawberries
Our alpine strawberries are cropping prodigously at the moment so to deal with the glut we have decided to stay away from jam which...
Back home
Glastonbury all over and just the massive tidy up to get done. Great success from our side and the weather was kind apart from the friday...
Off for a month
Preparations to leave the garden alone for a while as we are off to Glastonbury Festival to cater for Block 9.Thats 6000 meals in three...
Preserved Lemons and Limes
The weather is warm and showery in our little oasis and the garden is very happy! We planted out globe artichokes yesterday onto the...
