Decentralising Saffron Central
For the last 5 months Croydon has had a temporary saffron farm, Saffron Central, right in the centre of town. Why Croydon? I’ve spent 15 years travelling there for Home Office meetings in […]
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Beryl
All scaled up!
Not me, my fruit bushes. On closer inspection my redcurrants, apple and particularly quince are furred up. Their branches are infested with little brown cases, some worse than others, each of […]
Soggy bottoms
Two very quick videos of the very soggy #100 & #92. They probably sound fairly brassed off with the weather. It’s frustrating not to be able to do anything when it’s so wet. I did manage not to stick my finger over the mike though. I also noticed I’ve got volunteer potatoes for […]
First post of 2016
So here we go again, another shiny new year! To mark the occasion my propagator is back on the kitchen windowsill from its short holiday under the bed, stuffed with […]
Last post of 2015
Christmas was wonderful. Christmas lunch likewise – though with one of us a vegetarian and one of us very much not, we had a few re-runs with leftover seeded pistachio […]
Wishing you a very veggie Christmas
I love Christmas. A bonus is a mixed European heritage, which means I have 2 Christmasses – one Nordic, one British, with beautiful Christmas food and compulsory viewing of Dinner for One. I […]
Confessions of a seedaholic
I have to stop looking at seed websites. I have enough seeds to keep us in veg for many years. I could almost open my own seed shop. And yet there […]
Time for a tidy
The weather’s still ridiculously mild – no frost since late November. On the plus side it’s really easy to weed with the ground being nice and soft. I’d like to be a step ahead for next season with a tidy plot ready for planting, rather than my usual 3 steps behind. So weeding it is. […]
