
Our Few Acres
Creating a garden, restoring a wood, growing our own food and giving nature a helping hand
Life Suspended
A winter garden in rural Herefordshire, and change is afoot.
Chill
Moving into the colder months, the garden still has a lot to give.
Broad Bean, Mint and Pancetta Tagliatelle
It's been a while since I posted and it seems to be the time of year for foodie posts. The end of June saw a quick return from garden...
Soup Kitchen
I have not posted for a while but life has been good during April and May so I have a few posts to catch up on. Waking up with nothing...
Black Gold for the Red Duke
Early April finds me home at Oaklands after 3 months in Dubai - summoned for a meeting at the office in London. I was due to come home...
Heritage Avenue
We have been blessed by a light covering of snow over the in-between Christmas and New Year Days that are so enjoyable. I have had about...
Artichoke Harvest and Mark 1 Pizza Oven
I am back in the sandpit of Dubai for the run up to Christmas but have a few developments back at Oaklands that I can catalogue in the...
Roasted Turk's Turban for Supper
I flew home from Dubai a couple of weeks ago to break up what would otherwise have been another 3 month period of family separation. As...
Potager Update
It has been good over the last 3 weeks to finally get stuck into planting and "working" in the Potager. I have not written much at all....
Where to Start ?
I left Dubai on 12 June and ran the gauntlet of heat sensors, forms and four hour check-ins to make it back to Herefordshire in time for...
Le Potager était Terminé - Bring on the Brassicas
There is a small rogue piece of hoggin that that still needs completing in this picture from the Woodland Way into the main raised bed...
Last Minute Extras For the Garden But Less of Me
We have been talking about the "Avenue" and whether it should be flanked with a row of trained Apple trees or even just some very low...
Vegetable Plan I - Crop Rotation
I have been putting off starting to set down any kind of plan for quite a few weeks but from a practical point of view it would be better...