Achieving a daily harvest year round, takes years of practice. I remember the first year I grew all my own carrots. Pride. And the year of the onion, that was solid. Potatoes have been a recent achievement, but that’s only because all the teenage mouths have left the building. Year of the broccoli – so […]
Testing Apples For Ripeness + A Super Helpful Calendar
By | LastUpdated April 1, 2020
One of my most asked questions is “How do I know when apples/plums/ pears are ripe?” I remember wondering that too. The realisation that harvesting required as much knowledge as growing dawned the day I harvested a whole tree of apples in a rush of excitement because they were red. What a let down when […]
How To Grow Beetroot
By | LastUpdated February 28, 2022
Beetroot is such a sweet crop. Virtues abound for the grower and the cook. They’re undemanding on the soil, grow quickly, not bothered by pest or disease, use hardly any space and get on well with everyone – all in all easy peasy … or is it? Some of you are having beetroot traumas. All […]
How to Sort + Store Onions
By | LastUpdated January 31, 2023
Sorting your crops into good keepers and bad keepers is key to long storage – old fashioned smarts! Separate out the ones that are damaged and therefore wont keep, from the ones that will. This makes the most of your crop – using up the ones that wont last first and keeping the keepers in […]
