Not your usual way of cooking – more like dealing with a glut
I do love it when you find an unexpected treasure in the garden. I’ve been clearing out the old brassica bed to make it ready for the new season sweetcorn. There is heaps of time before need the bed for the sweetcorn, but the brassica had done its dash. We had eaten as much as we could to the point that we just couldn’t keep … Continue reading Hidden Treasure
I have been determined to get things straightened out ready for the spring. However, my biggest weakness is procrastination and the bigger the mess the more likely I will put things off. The most pressing need right now is the dome… it is a huge mess as it has been a dumping ground for months. I need it ship shape and spick and span ready … Continue reading Pickled Avoidance
I need to start by saying I am not a baker. When a small child came home from school with that little paper plate with a piece of paper stapled to it with the instructions to return the paper plate to school with a suitable cake for an impending cake stall, I would attach money to the plate with my own note that read: “It … Continue reading Lockdown Hot Cross Buns
I had a bit of a problem. Well it was a good problem, but with a knock on effect that turned it into a not so good problem. But in terms of real life serious problems it is hardly a blip at all so could probably be described as a good problem to have. I grew my onions too big! Normally my harvest is a … Continue reading Pickled Onion Problem
While it was windy the other week, lately it has been so calm than it would be easy to rebuke the naysayers who frequently declared “ohh it will be windy there.” If you only came to visit once and it was this week, you would think the wicked winds of the west wouldn’t be at all possible. It is just too lovely! But they lurk … Continue reading Rhubarb Cordial
Radish is a quick and easy crop, and this is where the flibbertigibbet of season worked in my favour. I was late getting them in and ordinarily the weather warms up and then all they do is bolt to seed with no sign of a fat bottom at all. But with the season on constant reset back to very cold after a few days of … Continue reading Radish Relish
A spoonful at a time! While most of the garden is still very new and either recently planted or still to be planted, there are some crops that have been in for ages. The onion and the garlic were the first to go in and have been there since mid-winter. The old adage, plant on the shortest day and harvest on the longest is a … Continue reading How do you eat an elephant?
I don’t know about you but I needed a break from all that heavy sciency stuff. You should see what I have been looking into for us next! I do have to say it has been a great distraction from the fact we still don’t have a house. There have been a few delays – which to be honest was probably expected. Either way, the … Continue reading Sweet Chilli Goodness
It might sound sacrilegious this early in the season, but I found myself with a rather large bowl of strawberries in the back of the fridge. I had harvested a mountain of berries before heading out for the evening and with the intention of doing something with them the next day, like slicing them with my egg slicers and marinating them in mint and a … Continue reading New cordial from old strawberries
February has mostly been kind so far, the days that have been hot and sunny have not disappointed and have been proper summer hot and sunny. We just won’t talk about the other days… But things in the garden are ripening up at a great rate of knots and it is fabulous to do my meal planning right there in the garden. And with … Continue reading Inauthentic Kimchi
