Category Archives: Growing

Skordalia and Home Grown Purple Sprouting Broccoli

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

It turns out that the garden did not miss me at all while I was on holiday, in fact, I’d say it positively thrived.  I guess things just want to grow and they go for it, which certainly makes my … Continue reading →

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Smoked Springbok and Garden Fumblings

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

My lack of blogging of late comes with a very good reason, I’ve been too busy feasting myself on delicacies such as this: An incredible fillet of rooibos (aka red bush) smoked springbok on delicious chargrilled sourdough with a celeriac … Continue reading →

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Sowing Seeds

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

Embarrassingly, since my last ‘gardening’ post there has been very little action.  However, over a month later (honestly speaking, it’s been 2 months), I finally found myself urged to plant some seedlings.  The thing that swayed me mentally was getting into … Continue reading →

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How did your garden grow?

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

The blogging has been a little slow over the last few weeks…. Reasons being that I’ve been working like a maniac and have also been away on holiday for a week (so not all bad really).  Now I’m back it’s … Continue reading →

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Who would have thunk it, a Purple Cauliflower

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

I seem to have awoken a slight cauliflower obsession in myself.  On Saturday, I found myself in a local greengrocers and stumbled upon this huge purple cauliflower.  This was news to me, I have never seen anything of the likes so … Continue reading →

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Poached Duck Egg with Kale, Scapes and Chorizo

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

It’s been three weeks since my last post which is rubbish on the blogging front.  It does however mean that I’ve been busy on the work side of life which I guess is a good thing.  Poorly timed though as this … Continue reading →

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Hotch Potch Garden Delicacies

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

Last weekend I had a brilliant Saturday.  The first part spent with Molly at the fabulous Maltby Street Market drinking Monmouth coffee, looking at some (unaffordable) antiques, tasting great wine with our friend below (bought from the lovely Booths) and eating delicious food at … Continue reading →

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Garlic Harvest

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

In my first ever post, Sifting the Soil, I finish up saying how I had slightly hastily planted some garlic.  Today I decided it was time to uproot this garlic to get it ready for the eating.  I planted it … Continue reading →

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A Small Garden. Large Explosion

Posted on June 14, 2011 by

It’s hard to know where to start here.  I have a bunch of recipes I’m desperate to try out inspired by some of the Brazilian and Virginian delights that James and I encountered.    At the same time, our garden has gone mental … Continue reading →

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A Small Garden Explosion

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

Our garden has gone mental.  One of James’ friends, Ricky, gave us a fantastic house-warming present from Rocket Gardens.  It’s amazing.  About a week and a half ago an enormous box full of straw and seedlings arrived on our doorstep.  … Continue reading →

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Ravishing Radishes and Resplendent Rocket

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

I have been thinking about this lunch for almost a year now.  As soon as we moved in, plans were being hatched for our small terraced garden and it was definitely growing veg that we had our hearts set on.  We somewhat over eagerly thought … Continue reading →

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Lovely little Seedlings

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

There has been so much going on on the gardening front that I have barely been able to contain my excitement.   I have grown a verging on unhealthy obsession with my seedlings and I think, touch wood, that they are doing … Continue reading →

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Getting busy in the garden…

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

I keep being told that March is a very very busy time in the garden, half way through the second week in March I began to get nervous that I’d missed my moment.   So I promptly kicked myself into action and picked up some seeds, … Continue reading →

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Things seem to be growing!!!

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

Somehow, without my noticing, things have really started to kick off on the growing side of things.  I’m a little worried that the reason for this sneaky growth is that the plants have been totally free from my meddling for the last four months.  Or perhaps … Continue reading →

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Chilli Chilli Chilli

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

I was on the verge of losing all faith in my chilli planting attempts and have been slowly coming to terms with the need for a post about how I am a truly rubbish gardener and how I should never have embarked on it in such … Continue reading →

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Chilli Exploit – Phase Two

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

I write this with a certain degree of nerves.  I’m really not entirely confident that my tiny little shriveled up chilli seeds are going to sprout into some beautiful fiery hot chillies.  It just seems a little hard to believe. There are … Continue reading →

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An attempt to grow some chillies…

Posted on January 15, 2011 by

I’m excited.  As I type my chilli seeds are patiently drying out upstairs.  I’m really hoping, fingers tightly crossed, that I have a greater success with the chillies than I did with those mischievous lettuces.  Drying out the seeds seems a simple … Continue reading →

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Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

Posted on December 3, 2010 by

While I’m thinking about snowy christmassy things, I’m just going to make a quick note about our beautiful Christmas tree which loosely falls under the category of indoor gardening. It came from a wonderful company based in Dorset (who deliver to London) … Continue reading →

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Dig for Victory…or not

Posted on December 3, 2010 by

So I learnt last week that it’s a good idea to prepare your soil around this time of year to give next year’s veggies a good boost and to make them super healthy and delicious.  This involves digging up the soil that’s … Continue reading →

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A little trip to Jersey

Posted on November 16, 2010 by

It’s always exciting to escape London and get back to the root of things.  We went to Jersey where I found some true inspiration to give this whole veg growing thing a proper go when it comes to sowing time next year.  A much needed push to overcome my not … Continue reading →

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