Dreaming of winter

September 2, 2021

In the garden, it’s August: the pumpkins are swelling, the beans are coming thick and fast, and I’m feasting on …

The October veg garden

October 2, 2020

Harvesting this month: French beans, carrots, the last of the courgettes and patty pan summer squash, Musquee de Provence winter …

January 20, 2017

Blimey it’s chilly. Inside and out: life got a bit hectic last autumn and I didn’t get around to my …

November 5, 2016

…it is getting cold. Seriously, properly cold. Actually I can’t remember being cold before Christmas before (well, a bit chilly, …

August 30, 2016

Well. These are very curious little things. Cucamelons are the latest Big Thing in veg growing: everyone seems to have …