Kitchen.

Garden.

Autumn In The Kitchen Garden

It’s a fabulous time in the garden! With summer crops ripe and finishing up, that means many delicious vegetables for your table. The cooler days are a relief and make gardening much easier, particularly now having to pull up old crops and dig new life into your soil. As summer comes to an end, we begin […]
Seeds

Seeds are a crucial part of plants renewing life, and life on earth. Each seed contains the DNA of the parent plant to enable the seed replicate the parent plant. Seeds can travel amazing distances, being transported around the world via water, bird life, wind, and the fur of animals. Then, when dropped onto the […]
Rainwater Harvesting

Having grown up on farms, it’s always seemed completely natural to me to use rainwater to drink, and throughout the house. When I moved to the city for university, I couldn’t believe that no-one bothered to catch the rainwater that was falling – most people just relied on the mains water supply for everything, even […]
Oregano Harvest

My oregano harvest this year was huge! I love growing oregano! It’s a hearty herb that doesn’t need much water and can be used dried or fresh. In most Mediterranean cooking they will only use dried oregano. How handy particularly when out of season! Harvest when it comes into flower. Cut quite near to the […]

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