organic vegetable gardening courses, growing tips and homegrown recipes.
You'll learn how to plan your garden in detail on the fresh food garden course and if you come to an after-work spring seed sowing session you'll discover a system for keeping your garden full all year. 1. Measure your garden beds or the area where you grow vegetables 2. Draw a scale plan of your space in pen on paper 3. Mark on areas of … [Read more...]
The Kings Seeds catalogue is here. You can browse and order on line but there's nothing to beat planning the next season's garden from the comfort of your armchair. This year's catalogue includes some inspiring photography from Kings Seeds' customers, including this photo of sweet peas on the cover by Bridgit Anderson. If you've looked after your … [Read more...]
Having tried and enjoyed Virgil Evetts' Swedish rye bread a few months ago, I found the remains of the bag of rye flour I'd bought for the purpose in the pantry. This time I decided to make pumpernickel bread in the bread maker. The previous trial I'd just made the dough in the bread maker and baked it in the oven. I used 'wheat' bread setting on … [Read more...]
Jim bunny loves carrots, including the tops, but possibly not more than apple cores. Dr. Harry, the guinea pig, has stronger tastes – parsley, fennel and lemon balm. He has very sweet breath and a large tummy. They both enjoy the bitter greens of sorrel, dandelion, puha, plantain, minutina, silverbeet and chicory. Rabbits need sticks on which to … [Read more...]
