Propaging is a method of producing plants for free. At this time of year I always propagate lavender and rosemary plants. Spring is another good time to do this. The plants that grow are great [...]

I have grown an allotment or a garden for a lot of years, but over the last few years I have had to make some changes due to the rise in the cost of living. [...]

My kichen feels like a factory at the moment.  I am exhausted. Garden and foraged food have been preserved to get us through the winter. I am better at planning my preserving now.  Notes have [...]

Since retiring and having time to forage and grow food, I have felt a stronger connection to the food that we eat. It is no longer a habit to eat because it is a certain [...]

In the past I have waited for tomatoes to be red and ripe before picking them. However, this year, after research, I have found a better way to harvest my  tomatoes. They are beautiful and [...]

Last January I got one of the £1.50 veg boxes from Lidl. It had a few yellow and orange tomatoes in it. One was squashed and so I saved some seeds. Only one germinated, but [...]

We were up at 5am walking with a tub in our hands this morning. Bramble/blackberry season has just started here in Yorkshire. Luckily there were not too many ripe ones yet and so that should [...]

I don't have a large area to grow food. In fact a lot of it is grown in raised boxes and tubs. We  therefore have to make sure that I can get the largest harvest [...]

Yesterday it was Operation Black currant leathers, and making  cordial. When dehydrated I will cut and roll the leathers up in grease proof paper for a sweet treat for myself and my grandson. These last [...]

This is a really busy time of year, and some days I feel like I am on a production line. I often get two harvests a day. We have to make sure that the garden [...]

I have lots of big rosemary bushes in my garden, but have never bought any.  They are evergreen and last for years.  The blue flowers are so pretty. Rosemary is easy to propagate and mine [...]

I had a message last night asking me what I am harvesting from my garden in May. The person wanted to plan for next year and to know what to sow now as they have [...]

Growing food is not a hobby for me. Just as people planted ‘victory’ gardens during the war to stay healthy and fed, I do the same now. My income is not enough for me to [...]

Today is the 80th anniversary of VE day. Spending a lot of time with my grand parents as a child, I automatically picked up some of the war time habits and knowledge in my food [...]

I apologise that I have not posted for a while but I have been sent a few curve balls recently, including my lap top packing in. I am attempting to write this on my phone [...]

I don't buy lettuce. Instead I grow my own, inside in winter, and outside in summer.  I have always grown lettuce, even when I had a flat without a garden.  Lettuce seeds are so cheap [...]

Apparently, the potato came to Europe in the 16th century from South America.  It was once a food only eaten by the wealthy, but is now is a common staple in many households. I don't [...]

Here in the UK there is a distinct lack of plug or small vegetable plants.  Our local nursery usually has lots of peppers, tomatoes, beans, peas and sweet corn plants at this time of year.  [...]

I love growing herbs in my garden.  They provide extra nutrition, add so much flavour to my food, make lovely teas, are medicine, and add beauty (think gorgeous pink chive flowers or mini blue rosemary [...]

It has been a beautiful, sunny day today and so I thought that I would go outside into the garden and get some jobs done.  I usually don't go any where near the garden until [...]

Lots of people tell me that I am privileged and that they can not grow food as they do not have a garden.  Yes I know I am so lucky to have a garden   The [...]

We are officially into Autumn now and the last of my summer crops are finishing.  I am still hanging on hoping that some of my tomatoes may go red but I have harvested a lot [...]

I grew a new crop to me called Amaranth. I had heard that you could grow it like Quinoa that I tried for the first time last year. I am always interested in things that [...]

If we can avoid the supermarket and make things ourselves, we will.  This is especially true if they are made out of home grown produce.  Baked beans are really cheap from the shops but they [...]