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
After the trip to the supermarket the other day, in the naive hope I would find the answer to my local needs, through buying things we don’t normally buy, I have to concede we’re on the right track anyway with only a few minor adjustments. We aren’t obsessive about what we do. We are just a normal – well normal-ish family trying to make our … Continue reading Recalibrating flavour – kicking the packet
Of late our diet has been a long way from what we are normally accustomed to. To start with we were kitchen-less and it seems to have been for a very long time. We started out in the balmy long evenings of late summer or was it early autumn? The details have been lost in the mists of time. But I do know it was … Continue reading Digging up dinner.
I haven’t been in the garden for ages – not since I managed to mow on the weekend. Hang on – that was only five days ago! It feels so much longer. But not being able to garden for five days in a row is a bit of a hardship for this gardener. The weekend was wonderful, sunny, warm and most importantly – not a … Continue reading The rat that drowned.
This morning we woke to a heavy frost and clear blue skies, but strangely it wasn’t at all cold. There didn’t seem to be that chill factor that normally accompanies a frost. It is quite strange, it’s been like it for the last couple of days and according to the weather forecast it is supposed to continue for the next week. That’s another SEVEN days! … Continue reading Oh what a stunning day.
If some of my plants were animals I would have been reported to the SPCA! They are sorely neglected and are only just noticeable in among a thriving crop of weeds. But it’s not my fault – really… Asparagus, Globe Artichoke and Rhubarb all have something in common in my garden. Apart from the obvious in that they are a permanent feature and come back … Continue reading A is for Asparagus and Artichoke
