Posted in Flowers, Harvesting, Rhubarb, Vegetables, tagged Flowers, potatoes, Rhubarb on 27 February 2008 | No Comments »
I dug up yet more King Edwards on Sunday and wonder how many are still in there, since the bed will soon be needed for something else. Their tendency to disintegrate when boiled seems lessened by our unintentional ‘overwintering’. I traded some with a friend for a piece of Scottish smoked haddock and heard later [...]
Posted in Welcome on 21 February 2008 | 1 Comment »
At 18:46 GMT, after almost a year of blogging, Courgettes and Fennel reached 5000 hits!
(Yes, the blueberries in the picture are imports, I’m afraid - my apologies - I wasn’t feeling sufficiently energetic to dig out enough King Edwards to spell 5000… 
Our thanks to everyone who has visited us since my first post in March [...]
Posted in Flowers, Harvesting, The plot, Vegetables, tagged Flowers, Vegetables on 11 February 2008 | 1 Comment »
Finding Osteospermums in flower in February must be unusual.
This monstrously unappetising radish would be unusual at any time of the year.
Clearing the beds (late again!) for spring planting, we found more vegetable surprises: a small handful of baby beetroot.
Emerging crocuses are what I’d expected to see, with a little luck (and less squirrel activity) this [...]
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