A quick update with a deeply chocolatey vegan rhubarb cake recipe

A quick update with a deeply chocolatey vegan rhubarb cake recipe

by | May 24, 2018 | Allotment, Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, Mulching, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Preparing The Soil, Recipes, Seasonal Cooking

May is always a busy month for gardeners and it feels even more so this year here – is that the same for you? After such a long, slow cool spring, all at once the sun has remembered to shine, the temperatures have soared and everything is putting on fantastic...
New allotment plan and other experiments.

New allotment plan and other experiments.

by | Apr 15, 2018 | Allotment, Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, Mulching, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Preparing The Soil, Seasonal Cooking, Spring

Every year I mulch my no dig allotment with an inch or two of composted manure or homemade compost, but this year I am trying something different! This was my allotment in the winter of 2017, Charles and I mulching with some beautiful local manure. The load cost me...
How to prick out seedlings (and other February gardening)

How to prick out seedlings (and other February gardening)

by | Feb 27, 2018 | Blog, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Spring, Winter

It feels strange to be writing about heat loving plants like aubergines as Britain is gripped by unseasonally cold weather. Kitchen gardening is about always thinking ahead, anticipating and planning for what is to come, so I have been happy thinking about warm summer...
Sowing aubergines, chillies and sweet peppers for summer and autumn harvests

Sowing aubergines, chillies and sweet peppers for summer and autumn harvests

by | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Winter

I absolutely love growing aubergines. Incredibly versatile for so many different recipes, I love all of the different colours and shapes, how some are seriously spiky and of course the delicious taste. In the UK, aubergines, chillies and sweet peppers take a very long...