Category Archives: Smallholding

[14th July] My son cooked us baked salmon for dinner this evening, with new potatoes, green beans, baby carrots, tomatoes and olives. The tomatoes and olives didn’t come from the garden (not quite enough ripe tomatoes yet), but the rest … Continue reading →

[11th July] We had a bit of family afternoon weeding and generally sorting stuff out in the veg plot today. Fed some lettuce that had run to seed to the chickens, pulled some beetroot that my wife is going to … Continue reading →

[6th July] My wife came in from the garden today and brought me these little bursts of sweetness: Alpine strawberries. Tiny little things, but so tasty… I did a bit of weeding and caterpillar squishing in the brassicas this evening … Continue reading →

[5th July] My wife has been making (raspberry and gooseberry, though not together) jam this weekend, and cherry pie filling to go in the freezer. We also picked the largest of the beetroot and had beetroot soup for lunch today … Continue reading →

[28th June] Well, it’s been a bonkers day today. Every time I went outside there was (often horizontal) rain and when I moved into the greenhouse or polytunnel the Sun came out and it was boiling hot! However, I managed … Continue reading →

[27th June] Spent much of today out in the garden, but trying to do jobs that didn’t matter when the weather turned ugly or could be abandoned easily — it’s varied between lovely warm sunny skies and driving rain here … Continue reading →