More activity linked to gardening.

Part of the love of gardening is the enjoyment to be had from the fruits of your labour.  When vegetables and fruit ripen and flowers and bushes bloom you can take the time to enjoy your hard work. We have had a great crop of tomatoes this year but I only planted the tiny tomatoes,…

Garden produce. . .chillies are something we can grow successfully

At the moment we have chillies that are ready to harvest and this harvest is on-going.  I picked some yesterday and strung them for the kitchen.  We still have some of our dried chillies from last year but it is always nice to have fresh ones hanging in the kitchen. Previously I have made sweet…

A garlic garland, well it is really a plait.

We have grown garlic a couple of times but only ever one or two bulbs.  This year my husband planted lots of garlic and we have gathered a bumper crop. This is just some of the garlic we produced. My parents were keen gardeners.  I should say my father was a keen gardener as my…