by admin | May 16, 2014 | USING YOUR PRODUCE, WINTER
How I am using and preserving my apple crop this year As you would have seen recently from my Facebook post, we picked a great heap of apples this year. I have tried over the last couple of years to store as many as possible in the “beer” fridge (much to...
by admin | May 12, 2014 | AUTUMN, HOW TO GROW, SPRING, SUMMER, WINTER
Successive planting is an important part of making sure that your garden is growing all year round, and producing the food that you and your family need. Follow the purple circle weeks below and you will ensure that you are constantly in supply of fresh...
by admin | Apr 26, 2014 | USING YOUR PRODUCE, WINTER
I have decided to have a go at growing my own sprouts and micro greens. Why? A few reasons: Firstly I love the flavour and crunchiness of sprouts and although micro greens are really trendy at the moment, they add such a great burst of flavour and freshness to...
by admin | Apr 3, 2014 | USING YOUR PRODUCE, WINTER
Boil it, steam it, and stick it in a stew- no I am not talking about po –tay- toes like Sam from the Lord of the Rings- but the many uses for Broccoli. You only have to google broccoli to get a plethora of information about the nutritional benefits of eating...
by admin | Mar 28, 2014 | HOW TO GROW, WINTER
When growing broccoli it is very disappointing to find you crop infested with aphids or more commonly the white cabbage moth larvae or loppers those pale green grubs that always seems to find the best hiding places in your broccoli plants and much away happily...
by admin | Mar 1, 2014 | AUTUMN, CHICKENS, WINTER
Maintaining egg production during autumn and winter I love to eat fresh organic eggs, but even the best quality commercial product cannot compare to home produced eggs. I have been very disappointed over the years when my flock has gone into moult and I have had no...
