Garden Pests & Diseases: Garden Slugs and snails
Slugs & Snails: what are we dealing with? Snails There are around 120 species of snail in the UK. These range from 1mm Dot snails (punctum pygmaeum) to the Roman...
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Christmas Leftovers Recipe
The quick and easy leftover recipe to make Brussel Sprouts EVERYONE will like. This east supper dish is one you will use year after year.
Sustainable Gardening - the use of Bamboo
Sustainable Gardening: Haxnicks and the Environment We are using bamboo pots and seed trays as a sustainable alternative to plastic. At Haxnicks we care about the environment and the environmental...
Hold onto Autumn & use stored pumpkin for this lovely recipe
Lashing rain from frequent storms makes it feel like Autumn is over. In Greek mythology, Autumn began when Persephone was abducted by Hades to be the Queen of the Underworld....
Spinach ready for eating?
If your spinach is ready then here is a lovely recipe for you. With a few tweaks it would also work with swiss chard if you have that ready at...
Halloween special... Pumpkin Pie Recipe anyone?
From the pictures on Social Media it appears that this was a bumper year for pumpkins and squashes. I am sure that this was not without its difficulties, particularly keeping...
Leaf Picker Winter tools trial making leaf collection easy...
It's the perfect time of year for Leaf Picker. As its time to start preparing the garden for winter. It's definitely time to think about clearing leaves, Leaf Picker in...
Garden Photography: How to photograph your garden
Be it allotment or garden. Do you ever gaze at the beautiful oasis you have created and wish you were better at garden photography? And that you could capture just...
Wishing you luck with your Fire in the Kitchen cookery book!
One of our regular bloggers, Madeleine Cardozo has just released a new cookery book. As well as an authority on growing veg, Madeleine is a trained chef. Our readers have...
Fancy some foraging? Bramble is the best free food...
Blackberry or bramble... Love them or hate them? In my garden they are a BIG nuisance, terribly invasive they've overtaken the edges of the garden and each year they creep...
Is this pudding the best thing about summer?
Summer Pudding or Summer Fruit Pudding is a British dessert traditionally made of sliced white bread, layered in a deep bowl with fruit and fruit juice. The first reference to...
Fluffy, melt in the mouth potato scones for dinner anyone?
Potato related cookery is the order of the day starting with these light and fluffy Potato Scones. This potato recipe is perfect for breakfast with a nice fried egg and...