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Next Year's Pies & Crumbles
Let's be honest, it has been a mixed bag in the veg garden this year, but onto the next and where can I make any small interventions, and maybe just help the garden a little more!
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Unlocking Nature's Secrets: Growing Gourmet Native Mushrooms Indoors
Growing your own gourmet native mushrooms is not only feasible but also incredibly rewarding.
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My Salad Days with Raymond Blanc OBE
The perfect salad is a work of art. Here I share some beautiful leaves to pick in winter. Plus what happens when you fail a fiery Frenchman!
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Preserving the Bounty: The Practical Gardener in the Winter Kitchen
Where do jars of home-preserved tomatoes or strawberry jam fit in the socially loaded world of preppers, trad-wives, homesteaders, and influencers? Why, cultural connotations aside, preserving can be an important complement to gardening practices.
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It Is Time to Let Some Vegetables Go
In a year marked by concern for pollinators, this article explores the resilience of nature, why you should let some vegetable go, the role of umbellifers, and how making a garden a sanctuary for wildlife won't hinder yield or aesthetic.
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Ancient Rituals in Modern Gardens: The Magic of Wassailing
It is wassailing time in the winter garden and orchard, so mull your cider and pay your respects to the apples in this beautiful echo from times past
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Herbs on the Wild Side
In this article, I delve into the many wild herbs growing naturally around my home, exploring their characteristics, histories and application, from the well known Nettle to the magical Hawthorne, the true hidden treasures of our countryside.
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I ate them so you don’t have to
DJ John Peel said that if The Fall released an album he didn't like, he would assume he just didn't know how it was good yet; this is an excellent way of approaching produce from the kitchen garden, but a very small handful of harvests defy optimism.
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The Badger Who Came For My Yacon
Gardeners are uniquely able to throw the garden gate and the larder door open to a world of unbuyable flavours, textures, varieties and experiences, and yacon is a delicious, easy way to do just that.
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From Seed to Soil: A Gardener's Evolution
A reflection, with a few digressions, on my journey as a gardener.