‘Doing the Continental’
My mention in last week’s e-newsletter of ‘Twelve – a Tuscan Cookbook’ – had me thinking of food, and reorganizing…
March Miscellany
A bit of a mixture for this last March blog post – ranging from my fascinating visit to the first…
Strategy for a Productive Garden
Planning a new garden or allotment, or taking over – and reclaiming – an old one? Then it’s sensible to…
Sowing Seed Techniques & Potager Progress
Although our vegetable plot is not yet in a fit state for sowing and planting, nature invariably manages to catch…
Rooting Around – in and out of the garden
I’ve been outside today, walking around the whole of our plot, delighting in the sunshine. It’s relatively warm and gone…
Planning the Perfect Potager
Rain in the wind, and falling from the sky – and I wonder when I will ever get back to…
Herbs and Herb Gardens
In my days off since last blogging, and writing the Dobies February e-newsletter, I have been travelling – indulging in…
Venturing back into the garden
Last weekend I finally ventured back into the garden as we had the first dry weekend after the cold weather.…
Ornamental Gardens – thoughts and plans
As I sit by the fire contemplating this week’s post, the full moon shines through a gap in the wooden…
Potatoes – grow, cook, eat
The ubiquitous potato is a staple of most people’s diet, and has been ever since the sea-faring Sir Francis Drake…