-
Pictures from the Garden to Cheer up Your Monday!
I managed to get a few snaps over the weekend inbetween the downpours so I thought I would share them with you to cheer up your Monday: If you can identify the seed heads of the mystery plant I would be grateful. Let me know in the comments below. They did flower in Spring but…
-
The Wonderful Loneliness of Gardening
As a gardener, there are things that only I care about in this house! Things that make or break my day and nobody else even knows about them. That also means I get the triumphs, the highs that go with the lows. I was so taken by this that I decided to be creative with…
-
Kale Salad…that actually tastes delicious – honest.
If you think you “don’t like kale” – I’m here to change your mind! I recently went up to the allotment and during the usual tidying and preparing for the season, I noticed my kale plants were looking pretty good for the time of year. So naturally I brought home armfuls of the stuff. Then…
-
Nettle Soup
Nettle Soup: The perfectly healthy Spring-time pick-me-up What you need: Foraged nettle tops – about 2 gloved handfuls should be enough 1 onion 1 clove garlic Couple of potatoes – peeled and chopped Chunk of butter Vegetable stock What to do: You can watch the video I made on Youtube about how to make this…
-
The Joy of Harvesting your OWN food
*This post is one of my older ones which I’ve brought over from my old blog but I want to keep everything together and let you see the progression…hopefully! Enjoy…. Well well, its been a while hasn’t it?! Have you been busy too? The garden (and allotment) keeps on going, even though the temperatures…
Coming from my slice of life to help you find more joy in yours
my slice of life blog 