How to regrow celery from the stump!
Have you ever thought about growing celery from the stump? Well, like magic you can regrow a whole new plant from the scrap part of celery and also of various…
5 great reasons to grow your own mint!
Homegrown mint is the freshest, sweetest and most satisfying mint you will ever taste and needs very little looking after. We have four mint plants so that we have plenty…
DIY Raised Vegetable Planter
Raised vegetable planters are a great way to grow vegetables. Even better if you can make your own! Raised planters keep everything growing where it is meant to be, are…
They’re not from there and they don’t taste anything like it…
Jerusalem artichokes actually originate from North America and I think they taste a little like Chinese water chestnuts, especially if you slice them up and stir fry them. Several months…
A home grown winter salad!
Around a week or so ago, I had the last salad of the year from our veg garden. Everything was homegrown and it included: tomatoes – yellow and red cucumber…
How to tell if spaghetti squash is ripe and what to do if it isn’t!
Growing a green spaghetti squash Earlier in the year I read a blog post somewhere about spaghetti squash. It is a type of squash that has flesh that once cooked…
You only ever need to buy horseradish once!
Every year around Easter time is the Jewish festival of Passover and a time when Jews go hunting for horseradish. It is needed as part of a traditional meal remembering…
Home grown camomile tea!
I love drinking herbal teas and camomile (sometimes spelt chamomile) is a favourite of mine. I have had two camomile plants for a couple of years now and last year…
How to plait garlic that you’ve grown
Are you growing garlic, or thinking about growing it and wondering how to plait it? We grow garlic & one of the things I love about it, is plaiting it