The Hunk is one of those people who appreciatively wolfs down anything you put infront of him – it’s one of the (many) things I love about him. So when I placed the pelargonium flowers on top of this cake and it looked unspeakably girly, I knew it wouldn’t matter a bit. Sure enough, when [...]
I’ve been having a chutney-making fest – it’s my first time (don’t know what took me so long) – and I realise that all this time I’ve had this weird prejudice, putting home-made chutney together in my head with people like this this -very odd really, because I’ve always devoured it… There’s a generosity about making [...]
A bowlful of summer… I’ve been growing lemon verbena in pots from my very first year of gardening. I love it, mostly just to brush past, having as it does the most lemony of lemon scents that exist in all the whole wide world. It’s wonderfully obliging as a plant – you just put it [...]
I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast. Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold William Carlos Williams We have an embarrassment of plums. They are juicy and sweet… and after eating far too many, I immediately wanted more, but baked, and [...]
Shhhh! – The Hunk absolutely hates custard so I’ve had to do this in secret – It won’t be difficult to keep it a secret because I think it’ll all be gone soon (this stuff is sluttily drinkable). I inherited two large clumps of Sweet cicely when I moved here in February this year. Its [...]
I’ve been totally inspired by all the lilacs bursting open this week – …like so many silky pompoms opening up to scent my never-ending ‘pram outings’… My own recently planted lilac (Syringa ‘Lochinch’) is putting on growth and budding beautifully but there isn’t anything to pick yet, …so yesterday I swiped these from my mum’s [...]
The Hunk decided we had to christen his new barbecue tonight. Please note that I had no part in the barbecue buying bonanza…it just arrived at the door one day, in a huge hulking box, to add to the plethora of hulking boxes (still un-packed) we already have in our sitting room. Furious, I called [...]
Okay, it’s time to ‘fess up – I’ve just moved into my new garden, and I’m harvesting precisely nothing at the moment except bundles of herbs. In the spirit of optimism, I’ve made leek and potato soup , because i MEAN to harvest lots of lovely fat leeks NEXT year. The recipe is so simple [...]
