As we approach High Summer in arid Essex, I am delighted to see that here we absolutely do not have any shortage of Honey Bees, Bumble Bees and other beneficial parasitic wasps etc. All bees need a plentiful supply of both nectar and pollen. I strongly recommend that everyone should consider planting bee friendly plants…
Category: GROWING VEGETABLES
Fig Jam in November
If you are very fortunate, you, or maybe a neighbour, will have a Brown Turkey Fig in the garden. We do, and we always get a fabulous crop of huge, luscious figs in July or August. Our fig tree is a sport of one which has regularly been doing the rounds in our part of…
Haute Cuisine in Covid Lockdown number two?
Ok, just wondering if we shall eat as well this time round as we did in the Spring of 2020 during the first Covid -19 lockdown in England Then I had all the family at home working in their high-powered international jobs. I was utterly exhausted having to provide three square meals a day, all…
Twinkle, twinkle little star…..Elderflower Cordial to make in May
Right now, at the end of May in South East England, is the time to go and pick a large, double handful of just opened elderflower heads, with which to make the ridiculously easy, but exquisitely delicious Elderflower Cordial. All you need are a few lemons and oranges, around a kilo of granulated sugar, and…
Plastic, plastic everywhere, and no end in sight to this dreadful packaging
Look how much plastic is generated by one modest lunch for two of Serrano Ham, olives and Goats cheese, all bought from UK supermarkets. In complete contrast, by the tomato salad pictured above, being straight out of the garden, none. You don’t have to be a genius to work out what our next steps in…
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