I took this picture last weekend to reassure myself that I do indeed have a kitchen garden even though I’ve hardly seen it close up in recent weeks. What with the rain and winds I’ve just had to cross my fingers that it will survive, although I’ve had to make the occasional dash to reinforce [...]
Our latest garden development has been a drama of epic proportions with the trials and tribulations tweeted over recent weeks. Thankfully though I can report on a happy ending. The greenhouse is almost ready for its official opening, just a little more compost to be imported and an internal pathway laid. For a plastic covered [...]
It’s not just the Irish roots in our household that make potatoes a staple food for us. Since I invested in a potato ricer it’s elevated the humble potato to an every day luxury food. I finally dug up the remaining main crop potatoes before the rain started to make them rot. I didn’t weigh [...]
I just can’t face another year of disappointment growing tomatoes and other warm climate vegetables. It was time to invest in a green house. Although my heart says victorian glasshouse my head and pocket said poly tunnel. And within just a few days of ordering our new grand design creation was being offloaded a lorry [...]
My single globe artichoke is proving increasingly irresistible. This culinary delicacy is destined to the steamer in just a few days. I’ve only eaten them from a full plant once in my life – it was to be honest a little woody. Not at all like the artichoke hearts I’m familiar with from the deli [...]
The pumpkin patch has been attracting my attention all week – flashing that deep orange colour and demanding to be lifted off the ground and into my kitchen. Today I relented and scooped up my pumpkins. Well actually I grappled with them from the ground and lugged them for they were too heavy to be [...]
For all the darkness, morning chills and mist on the hills there is still some things to admire in the garden. The dews are getting heavier on the vegetables and they glisten in the morning sun.
Summer is still kicking out Autumn which is knocking determinedly at it’s door. It’s been a pleasure to enjoy the garden that’s basking in sunshine. As if to celebrate we’ve a new bloom in the kitchen garden – a globe artichoke. I’ve grown these for the first time this year and looking forward to trying [...]
I can’t help be disappointed that those autumnal signs are starting to appear. Darker mornings, shorter days and the pumpkins waving their bright colours around in the kitchen garden. Whilst I’m up a shift to new seasonal food bounty I’m not ready to give up on the sunshine and long days. 1 March heralds the [...]
As the evening sun danced across the kitchen garden I was stuck by how close it has come towards the romantic idea I had in my head. A magical place which would not just produce food but be a place of solace. Although I still feel very much in the experimentation phase of growing food [...]
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