Although, I comment on my back garden being a sun trap and loving it; it can sometimes be a problem for plants that like shade or cooler temperatures. I also have a small section of my yard that is almost constant shade due to brick wall and the shed but I aim to take advantage … Continue reading Vegetables for shade
It’s middle of the summer and some people will be over run with cucumbers – I am a little late planting things out as we were only able to start sowing in June – I purchased one cucumber seedling (and sowed some seeds) so I don’t have a glut just yet. The title may be … Continue reading Recipes for Gluts: (Real!) Pickles
I often have topics I want to post about but for whatever reason don’t have time to take the photos and arrange it properly. I often have topics I would like to write about but dismiss them because they are not ones that enable a lot of photos. In the olden days, people blogged without … Continue reading Texty Tuesday: Sweet Potato
I always wanted to start a cooking blog as I love cooking and wanted to share my creations with the blogosphere. However, I am a very messy cook and although some would say that is to my downfall; I say that being uberneat takes away from the joy of creation. (I am also lucky enough … Continue reading Recipes for Gluts: Rosehip Syrup
As it pours with rain outside I contemplate the success and failures of my garden so far. A lot of renovations were completed over the length of this summer and plants put in and taken out. I put in a new vegetable ‘patch’ and also a ‘I don’t quite know what to do with yet’ … Continue reading Six on Saturday: The unexpected and the overgrown
I bought a new camera; well, new to me as I did not want to invest to heavily in something that may be a passing phase. Still wasn’t the cheapest but I got better value for money with a range of lenses. If you have read my blog before this point, (if not, go back) … Continue reading Amateur Apiarian Photography
A little while ago I realised I had to do something about my aphid problem; I decided to go the non-chemical route and fight fire with fire so to speak. I bought biological weapons I hoped would take care of the aphids the way nature intended. I purchase hundreds of ladybird larvae and also a … Continue reading Six on Saturday: Aphid update
I think that one of the favourites of most gardeners and something that surpasses all tastes from the supermarket version are tomatoes. They can be grown indoors, or out if you are lucky with the weather however, no matter where they are grown they will run rampant if the weather is right. Last year, (the … Continue reading String method for tomatoes
A few months ago one of my ‘Jack Be Little’ pumpkin seedlings has a flower that I pollinated with courgette pollen. The next time I had a female pumpkin flower I did the same this – this time on a different plant. Both were planted outside after that and I don’t think there are any … Continue reading Weird pumpkin update
Here are a few updates from projects I have been cultivating (pun intended) These are the sweet potato slips (Update! Experiments in (sweet) potato) growing under lights in the office. They are growing along quite slowly which I think is fine as it is cold outside and they will only be planted out when it … Continue reading Updates and a weird pumpkin
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