The sunshine and warmth continue. During a beautifully quiet morning I tend to my broad beans and prune my rose ‘tree’. Slow gardening, quiet chat and soaking up the moment is the order of the day.
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Vivi’s Kitchen Garden 153: The herb bed: pruning and path making.
On a gloriously warm and sunny morning I make time to tend the herb garden. The warmth makes me daydream about summer…..and other herbs I may find to plant in my little patch. It really is a delicious feeling to be enveloped by warmth and brightness in the garden again…
Vivi’s Kitchen Garden 152: Garlic cares, seed experiments and the first signs of life.
After more than a week of rain it feels good to get back out into the garden……..and it feels really good to see the first signs of new life and feel the sun on my cheeks. I finally mulch the garlic and give it a top dressing of fertilizer.
Vivi’s Kitchen Garden 150: Sowing the first seeds! Peppers and Celeriac.
Hurrah! Finally the time has come to sow the first few seeds and it makes me ridiculously happy. Today it’s peppers and celeriac.
A postcard from……London: St James’s.
In this first of a new series of videos that I plan to make I bring you along with me during a day in the centre of London. I visit the area called St James’s, have a look at some palaces and other local buildings and then take the ‘tube’ to the other side of town to visit one of my favourite bookshops.
TIY: Reduced plastic living – simple swaps in the study/at the desk.
A few more easy swaps to incorporate into daily life to help reduce waste and our consumption of single use plastic. This time I’m in the study at my desk.
Vivi’s Kitchen Garden: February Garden Tour (2019).
It’s all rather quiet in the garden at this time of year……but a quick walkabout lets me see where little jobs need doing before the madness of Spring hits…….and there’s still plenty to harvest and enjoy eating.
Thoughts on……Month 21: Sometimes it is all about the money.
It hasn’t been the easiest month because of a few financial hiccups along the way……but I’m coming out the other end smiling. I wish money didn’t have to matter but, of course, it does so we just have to make the best of the situation and do what we can with what we’ve got. January is nearly behind us now…..and spring is just around the corner.
Vivi’s Kitchen Garden 149: Creating a vegetable garden on a tiny budget (£2 per week).
Today I’m chatting about ideas for creating a vegetable garden for very little money for those of us, like me, on a very limited budget. I reckon I do my garden each year for the equivalent of £2 per week.
Vivi’s Kitchen Garden 148: Potato chitting, onions and being organic.
My seed potatoes have arrived so it’s time to start chitting….some of my onions have also turned up so they need a bit of a sort too before I settle down to watch the birds for the RSPB Big Garden Bird-watch…….during which my mind wanders to the subject of organic seeds…..
