Autumn into Winter: Squash and Jerusalem Artichokes

There’s snow on the ground and I’m still eating food grown in the allotment or garden almost daily. The plot keeps producing chard, turnips and herbs: rosemary, thyme, sage and what’s left of the oregano. There are jars of chutney in the cupboard, pots of red and white currant jelly, blackcurrants and redcurrants in the [...]

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Rain and Redcurrant Jelly

I have a vague memory of a mini heatwave in the south of England in the early summer (did I imagine this?). Soggier times followed and I gave up waiting for a dry day to harvest currants for making jelly, as various recipes had suggested. As with the practice of gardening according to the phases [...]

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Overrun with Redcurrants

This picture doesn’t give any idea of how dense they are and the nets make it difficult to get a good overall view: But overrun we are. These are the tiniest amount of them: Recipes to follow.

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Spring Changes

Busy times. Suddenly there’s a month of work and photos to show, with ample proof of the arrival of spring. The last post ended with Jerusalem artichokes going into the ground. One has made its first appearance out of it, photo taken on 18 April: The rhubarb on 29 March, in a bed infested with [...]

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Currants

Just about the entire crop of jewel-like white currants, and a few redcurrants.

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