It is summer isn’t it? Well kind of, the vagaries of the British weather are not helping us to plan much in the way of days out, but the Potager is full. Helped by the intermittent showers but steady temperatures, it’s great to see that the kitchen garden has rallied after a dismal spring and [...]
This year the weather hasn’t really got into the swing of what we might call spring or summer! First it was dry and we had hosepipe bans then it rained and rained and rained. We’ve had some glimmers of sun but not much. Whilst this make us all grumpy that we aren’t having a long [...]
Our food Blogger Helen Parkin is back with summer on the palate – she shares some must try recipes with us. It’s early June as I write this, and we’re already well into the rhubarb season. I have two types, one an earlier cropper than the other, so I’m looking forward to much more yet [...]
Our food blogger Helen Parkin is back this month with a Spring stapple …. but with a difference! As I write this, we’re in the middle of the long Easter holiday weekend. Despite the strange weather we’ve had here over the winter – notably, a dire lack of rain – all the signs that we [...]
Our food blogger Linda Williams is back this month with a blog and ideas on how to use the earliest herbs we can find at this time of year. Last month I was writing just after we’d had heavy snow falls and spring seemed a long way off. Now there is sun streaming through the window, [...]
Our food blogger Helen Parkins is back with some Spring Foraging! As I write this, it’s cold, raining hard, and blowing a minor gale outside – but, amidst the murky gloom, I can clearly see the first signs of Spring. The buds on the fruit trees are taking on colour and starting to swell; the [...]
