It’s the hedgerows that have been the culinary larder today. The potager has had to take a back seat whilst I’ve headed off through the long grass and brambles to harvest blackberries. I’ve been spying the bramble fruit for a few weeks now but... When I’m not pickling, cooking and vegetable growing I’m building fences to protect the trees from the rabbits. Yes the pesky blighters keep burrowing around the roots and gnawing the stems.   As you can see the bassets help me with this task by... I’m starting to realise the amount of attention that goes into growing vegetables. My greatest worry now is not whether things will grow but when it’s the right time to harvest. How big should we let things grow? When’s the tipping point from... Remember this pile of wood? Of course you do. If you don’t read to the end of this previous post and you’ll be up to date. Let’s just skip over why it’s taken me so long but I couldn’t put it off any longer today was the day to dust... Flush from the success of the broccoli and carrot harvests our mini potager has come up trumps again. This time it’s red week with red cabbages and beetroot riping to perfection. I’ve been looking forward to this harvest as this will be the first time... 