That’s what you call a glut! June 27th 2017

I love it when food comes in gluts as it opens up new ways of cooking in order to use the produce. This year has been a bumper year for strawberries. They have also been earlier th
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Unusual Plants. 16th June 2017

Our allotment is now divided into beds and this year we have divided one of the beds into nine sections each about 1 metre square, to grow some herbs and more unusual plants. The r
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Seedlings Coming On. 2nd June 2017

We only have a tiny back garden, hence our allotment, so there is no room for a greenhouse. However we do have this little plastic version (see photo) which we assemble each spring
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Clutter Clearing the Kitchen

Whilst staying for a few days break in Norfolk we ate lunch at a farm shop and cafe. The food was very good and afterwards I had a hunt round the shop for foodie ideas, but althoug
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Banana, Cinnamon and Hazelnut Bars

I love flapjacky type of bars. They are so easy to make and so useful to have around and very forgiving if you need to substitute ingredients. I like to freeze some so that I have something to turn to
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