Food

Food is not just a necessity for life, it enhances and enriches our lives. I love every aspect of food… not just eating it! I love cooking, and growing things, I love recipe books and cookery programmes, I love talking about food, reading restaurant menus… but most of all, sitting round a table in good company enjoying a wonderful meal!

Last crop…

We tidied the garden yesterday and stripped the different plants of their fruit, tomatoes and beans here… not all of them in the peak of condition, but they won’t be wasted! Even those which are spoiled will be put in the compost, ready to provide us with some nice organic material for the raised beds […]

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Beautiful beans!

We have a very good greengrocer in town who often sells unusual fruit and vegetables. One of my most favourite vegetables is the broad bean and although we grew some this year we didn’t manage to grow very many, and delicious though they ere they were very small. I saw these beautiful pods in the […]

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