Back from the North

Well, I’m back from my whirlwind trip to London, and I must say, I am humbled. All those snotty things I said about London being grey and wet and grizzly and grim? I take them back. Because in the summertime, it’s just lovely. Green and mild and as sparkly as a big city can be.
And [...]

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Daikon, Yukon

Look what I made!
Okay, technically I didn’t make it. We all know that the seeds and the water and soil and the worms and the baby jesus (if you’re into him) are what actually made my daikon radishes.
But to this day, I still get an insane thrill and sense of maternal pride when I pick [...]

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The President’s Potatoes

So apparently the Obamas are planning to dig up a patch of the White House gardens to build a vegetable patch. All the lobbying but people like The Slow Cook seems to have paid off, and I think it’s a great idea. Even if they don’t manage to feed the entire West Wing on the [...]

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Onions

As a rule, I like letting things go to seed. I like the idea of wild gardens, benignly neglected, where you harvest what you can, but on the whole it’s less about control and more about letting plants do what it is that plants do best. This is why my garden is full of rampant [...]

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R.I.P. the Salad Bowl

I’m very glad that vivh’s basil is flourishing. I may have to go round to hers and beg some greenery soon, becuase up here in Brixton, there’s nothing but death and destruction, at least in the edible leaf department.
The lettuces I so confidently planted out round about the middle April haven’t just failed to thrive [...]

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Pretty Veggies

To be honest, I don’t think I’ll ever be one of those gardeners who feeds her loved ones on the wholesome produce that I pull from my garden. Firstly, I have 2 cats, and I just can’t bring myself to grow edible things in beds that The Roo and The Puck might poo in. And [...]

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This Just In…

I’ve just come across the most fantastic South African organic veggie seed suppliers, which makes me a very happy lady. For too long, I’ve been lusting after the heirloom tomatoes, beans and squash seeds that the gardeners on some of my favourite blogs have been growing, but no longer! Thanks to the good folk over [...]

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