Category: Vlog

Today I’m trying a couple of new things……a product that may work as a mulch…..and something to hopefully to deter the mice from eating my second sowing of broad bean seed. Of course Rusty takes a keen interest in all the goings on…

On a dry but chilly day I visit the garden to do my ‘shopping’…..I will combine the fresh harvest with some stored produce to make some lovely meals for the next couple of weeks. I can’t resist having a look to see if the parsnips have done anything this year after the disappointment of nothing last year……… I’m holding my breath.

Welcome to part one of my year in the kitchen garden. It has been a joy to work in the garden all year and to share it with you……I hope you will enjoy looking back over it with me. We start here with the winter months…..

After too long away from the garden due to weather and health issues I need to get stuck in and catch up on some of the outstanding autumn jobs……..I really don’t feel like it so I have to force myself to do it…….and then the sun comes out.

It’s the beginning of December and after a few tricky weeks the garden is not where I would want it to be………but there is food…..so I will enjoy what I have and deal with the rest when I get time…..

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…..