Garlic’s in!
Monday was a glorious day – full sun and warm. I think my new greenhouse min/max thermometer was lying to me – if it had got down to 2.5C last […]
Oca harvest
The oca is all up now. So, notes for this year: The tubers were all small to begin with which I think makes the harvest pretty amazing. They were part […]
Fine weather holding…for now
Another really lovely day – starting in North London with mincepies for breakfast at a Forum friend’s and snaffling some excellent spare cookbooks (my favourite winter reading material!) and ending with an impromptu roast dinner with my Mum, which included testing out my saffron in a poached pear recipe. Verdict: as […]
Oca harvests begin
I only had time for a quick visit this weekend – I’ve a couple of fairly hellish weeks at work before I have a break – though that will be for 3 weeks and I really can’t wait. My little Livingstone rhubarb arrived this week. It is titchy! Now tucked up […]
Oca holding on
I switched days at home this week as I was feeling lousy this morning. Popped up briefly to the plot to get some fresh air and see how bad the rain was on the weekend. The verdict is wet, but not too bad. The paths are veeerry slippy though. The […]
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