Join us in the trials and tribulations of our kitchen garden throughout the seasons
New Starters for Christmas? I can’t believe it is 29th November. Where has the year gone? For myself, too many trips to hospitals, but the realisation that Christmas is just around the corner comes as welcome relief. We will have nine people around our now highly polished old gateleg table, and I am really enjoying […]
As we say in Yorkshire, “By ‘eck!”. Yes, it’s been quite a roller-coaster of a year all right. In fact it’s over a year and a half really, but who’s counting? Not me, now I’m back. Back, but with finger’s crossed, because this squashy, strange lump near my collar bone and neck won’t quite disappear […]
Elderberries in Autumn “What on earth do we do with those purple elderberries in Autumn,” asked Erik. Not being entirely sure, I decided to trawl through cookbooks and the internet to find out the answer, as we have a big bush, almost a tree, only a few yards from our brand new kitchen. Our Elderflower […]
Amazing Asparagus & Recipes Part 2 For Part 2 of Amazing Asparagus & Recipes, I have chosen two of my favourite new recipes from Delicious magazine. The Asparagus season in the UK hasn’t that much longer to go, so I am determined to make the most of this amazing vegetable before it tips over into […]
Amazing Asparagus & Recipes. Just to say that it’s been a very dark and sad week in the UK this week, with the horrific and mindless killing of very young, teenage and older families In Manchester. My five Grandchildren range from 6 years old up to almost 18 years old, and they bring me so […]
Fingers Crossed – Facing Chemo Again! No-one was more surprised than myself! I’d been gardening madly to get my huge garden (pictured below) tidy enough to open to raise money for the brilliant Marie Curie Cancer Charity. Then one morning I was putting on some sun cream and felt a knobbly lump on my Collar-Bone […]
More Wild Garlic Recipes Here we are with More Wild Garlic Recipes again, as promised. So thrilled to see our Wild Garlic spreading so successfully in our small woodland area, half-way down our garden.When my oldest friend, Dilys, came to stay when I was poorly, a couple of years ago, she began to dig up […]
Wild Garlic Recipes Time Again Hurrah. It’s that time of year again when our Wild Garlic leaves are vigorously pushing through the soil in our garden, so I decided to trawl through our cookbooks and the internet for some new Wild Garlic Recipes. Erik is threatening to pinch all the leaves to make Wild Garlic pesto […]
Spring Nibbles, Anyone? Want an easy-to-do fun light dish to nibble? Much as I love comfort food such as rich, gravy-filled casseroles, classic Sunday roasts or creamy pasta dishes guaranteed to both fill you up and warm you up at this chilly time of year, sometimes I crave Spring Nibbles – tiny, fun finger foods, easily made […]
Kitchen Garden Plans 2017 Our Kitchen Garden Plans 2017 have been seriously interrupted by Storm Doris, now bashing to bits Scotland and the UK. So far, we on the East Yorkshire coast are snow free, but the wind (or rather gales) are causing a bit of havoc everywhere. Rivulets of rain are pounding on our Velux […]
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