Are you sure it’s summer?

I woke up this morning to rain. And it felt cold with it.  It wasn’t really cold, it was 21°C, it just felt like it because it was so grey and miserable.  Gardening was not possible – well… a determined fanatic would get out there and do something, but today that fanatic was not me.  On other occasions it would have been, but not today. … Continue reading Are you sure it’s summer?

Oh the suffering we go through to support our seasonal eating.

Today we have been foraging.  Our friendly local farmer told us his chestnut tree was dropping nuts all over the place and would we like them.  He even brought a couple over to show us they were the proper eating ones. Well I couldn’t say no.  I mean – almost every Christmas I am taunted by the thought of chestnuts roasting on an open fire, … Continue reading Oh the suffering we go through to support our seasonal eating.