Roast Tomato Soup
If you're lucky you may have a glut of tomatoes - more than you can eat in salads alone.
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his recipe works best with the bigger tomatoes (we grew "Ailsa Craig") and who doesn't like a smokey, creamy tomato...
Spring Bulbs
One of the lovely jobs to do in the autumn is planting bulbs for the following Spring.
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always think I'll remember where I put them but I never do so it's a pleasant surprise when the crocus, daffodils and t...
Autumn Equinox
This morning's bright, clear dawn marks an important seasonal shift as the ratio of day to night tips towards the Dark Side.
It's easy to feel despondent as another busy summer draws to a close but ...
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Fig and Goat’s Cheese Tart
My little fig tree has been with me through hell and high water. Well three house moves and several very hot summers in a negligently small pot.
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ow it is enjoying its retirement on a south-facing brick wall...
Sorrel and Salmon Soup
Perpetual Sorrel is very easy to grow. I sowed the seed last year and this year I've been rewarded with a dense thicket.
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s the name implies, it's a perennial which comes back stronger the more you cut it b...
Minty Fresh
Mint is such a lovely herb to have in the garden but don't, whatever you do, plant it in the ground. It is unscrupulously rampant and will completely choke a herb garden.
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have mine in pots where I can keep...
More wilt…
My poor aubergines have been suffering. I brought up the depressing issue of wilt in a previous post here.
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had decided to dig up a white Clara variety which had all but collapsed overnight. The remaining ...
Cabbage Patch
I love a good brassica but you have to give them space and you have to keep the Cabbage White Butterflies at bay.
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have always meticulously netted my cabbages and still spent hours handpicking caterpillars o...
