After harvesting my flint corn cobs I saved the silks as I heard they were good for making a healing tisane (or tea). Here I take my first sip…….and explore using tinctures to preserve medicinal herbs.
Month: November 2019
Vivi’s Kitchen Garden 237: Growing mushrooms & some charity news.
I have been gifted a kit for growing my own mushrooms…..let’s get stuck in and get it underway. I also have a little chat about a charity ‘project’ I have coming up next year.
TIY: Hair care the frugal girl way (and a chat along the way).
Being frugal means one can’t chuck money at a ‘problem’…..we have to find a way around it ourselves without spending a penny…….I muse on this as I finally get around to something long-overdue………a haircut.
Vivi’s Kitchen Garden 236: What goes up must come down.
Warning: this video contains a full 9 minute piece of classical music. For those of you who know it, enjoy where it goes. For those of you who don’t know it please sit back, relax and immerse yourself in it…..and enjoy the denouement…..you will definitely recognise it. The piece is from ‘Orphée aux enfers’ by Jacques Ofenbach.
Vivi’s Kitchen Garden 235:Getting tough with the herbs.
I’m continuing to make the most of any dry day by catching up with some long overdue jobs……today I need to deal with some thugs in the herb bed. I also get to catch up with the progress my new neighbours ‘M&M’ are making…..
Sunday on the Sofa…..with flint corn.
Grab your knitting or crochet……or your dried beans to pod and join me on the sofa for a good old natter while we get some work done.
Vivi’s Kitchen Garden 234: Dealing with Bindweed (and other naughty plants).
There are a few places in my garden where I have a bindweed problem……I’ll never be completely rid of it but there are a couple of things I can do to minimize the impact it has on my crops.
Vivi’s Kitchen Garden 233: A very late harvest (Flint Corn) & thoughts on green manure.
After yet more delays, some of them down to the weather, I finally get back to the garden and harvest the Flint Corn. I’ve never harvested it this late….or after so much rain…..so I keep my expectations low…
Vivi’s Kitchen Garden 232: The big Autumn (Fall) clean up begins (finally!).
The big Autumn clean up aught to have started at the beginning of October…..but with so few dry days the days that I did have in the garden were all about harvesting and planting….. Now, finally, at the beginning of November there are a few clear days in which to start catching up on the jobs….
Vivi’s Kitchen Garden 231: Spring bulbs, seeds & sharing.
My postman never fails to delight me with his daily visit…..but this arrival is particularly pleasing……some beautiful bulbs for a Spring show all the way from Holland. Flower bulbs are beyond my budget so I am thrilled beyond words to have these to add to my little garden…….roll on Spring!
