Leeks – winter standbys
I have a love-hate relationship with leeks. Firstly I find them a bit tricky to…
Cathy9th February 2016
Magical cabbage transformations
Cabbage fermentation transforms it into sauerkraut In my first post for this blog I rather…
Kaska10th January 2016
Root vegetables Part 2 – The White Ones
Thank goodness the 'festive season' is over and I stop buying all that imported stuff you…
Cathy9th January 2016
Root Vegetables Part 1 – the Red Ones
I don’t know about you, but I haven’t got many ‘greens' left in the garden. …
Cathy7th November 2015
The Bah Humbug guide to a low carbon Christmas
Let me come out of the closet and reveal that I HATE CHRISTMAS. I especially…
Cathy22nd October 2015
Preserves – summer in a jar
Left to right: Blackcurrants, Jostaberries, Gooseberries If I had £1 for everyone who’s asked me…
Cathy4th October 2015
Beans, Beans, Beans, Beans, Lovely Beans …
Beans just picked … to paraphrase the well-known Monty Python song. Usually, by this time…
Cathy12th September 2015
Courgettes – the ultimate glut
Courgette bounty There’s a law of nature that says your mother-in-law is always a better…
Cathy26th August 2015
Foraging: Low carbon food for free!
If you’re anything like me, you just love getting something for nothing. Especially when you…
Cathy10th August 2015
New Potatoes; a cautionary tale
Potato plants I knew I shouldn’t have done it. The thing is that I’d got…
Cathy22nd July 2015