I heart allotmenteers
When I got up to the plot the other night there were 4 ripe figs sat on top of an upturned pot outside my shed door. Lionel has a fabulous […]
Bastani – saffron, rosewater and pistachio ice-cream
I absolutely adore ice-cream. Like one of my Norwegian cousins, I will happily sit and eat it till I’m sick/it’s all gone. Until recently my favourite flavour was krokan: vanilla […]
Dear 2016, you suck.
If this year’s allotmenteering were the Pilgrim’s Progress, right now I would be squarely in the Slough of Despond. I went into the greenhouse last night and discovered I have blight. […]
First. Time. Ever.
Warning: small amount of trumpet-blowing to follow. August’s Grow Your Own magazine has my grinning face at the top of page 36! This is my first ever gardening article and I […]
Outlook: generally good, with lingering bouts of waily waily
For now it looks as if the monsoon has come to an end, my ark won’t be needed and the water is (gradually) subsiding from the plot. I am still dispatching […]
The revelation that is fresh peas
Fresh peas are like sweetcorn – sugars start turning to starch as soon as they are picked, so the taste difference between freshly picked and shop-bought is massive. I’ve never […]
Oh hello, British summer!
This season is starting to feel remarkably like 2012, when I first got my plot. The heavens opened just after I stuck my spuds in and stayed that way for […]
Despite the showers
I’ve been a bit lax about updating recently. Partly because of the incessant rain, partly because I’d like to make a video update and partly because I’ve had a horrible bug […]
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