NomeGrown

I don't feel quite right these days when I'm not actively growing things; in winter my green fingers begin to itch, and boredom and ...

At last! The day is here! I've been itching to get starting with this season's seeds since, ooooh, about the second of January, but ...

It's easy to think that winter is a quiet time for gardeners, but there's plenty to be done. Between harvesting winter crops, check...

*Sigh* My blog has been neglected for nearly a month now! Well who wants to read about this growing season? I certainly have little motivati...

There's no cuisine quite as summery as Spanish food, packed with spice and summer vegetables such as peppers, green beans and tomatoes, ...

I've been pretty busy these last two weeks and neglecting my poor blog again, but with June (and some sunshine!) here now it's got t...

I'm not a vegetarian, and despite my fussiness about the meat I eat, I don't aspire to be one. I believe we humans are meant to eat ...

Come on now, this is getting silly. I know we're in a drought situation (whatever that actually means) but we still need sunshine too, a...

As temperatures dropped last autumn, I brought my favourite pepper plant and my only chilli plant indoors to see how they'd last. A frie...

Remember my perennial kale, that drooped in the snowy weather? Despite lots of care, it didn't get better - the leaves went dry and cris...