We went to B&Q over the weekend and I couldn’t help but get this for Nora. The strawberry plant is now sitting on the dining table in the kitchen so when the berries ripens, Nora could just pick them off… … Continue reading →

Oh dear… What happened to the carrots? Did I pull them too early or am I cursed to having dwarfed carrots? Oh well… they’ll go into Nora’s rice porridge tomorrow with some cauliflower for some nice homegrown home cooked food.

This will be the next ‘produce’ coming out from our garden. I hope my courgette plant will be OK as we will be away for a few days and the weather will be hot and I won’t be around to … Continue reading →

Yes, it will soon be cauliflower and cheese time.

Our cauliflower plants are under attack! According to vegetable book that I have, the leaves could be ravaged by white butterfly caterpillars or pigeons. I haven’t seen many butterflies in the garden but we do have lots of wood pigeon… … Continue reading →

It was a bank holiday and traditionally in the UK, bank holidays are spent doing DIY or the garden. And this year, after years of neglect, our garden is slowly taking shape. Jules built brilliant decking for us to relax … Continue reading →

Nora loves her messy time in the garden… even if I do scream at her majority of the time to stop throwing the compost everywhere but in the pots!