As an Artisan Producer, good food is my life and my passion. I love playing with recipes both old and new, discovering new tastes and techniques. I find the best and freshest ingredients come from your own garden so I grow as much as is practical. There is always something new to learn, so lets share.

“Kale,glorious kale”

There isn’t a lot growing in my garden at the moment . A couple of  of parsley plants, some sprouting broccolli (which isn’t yet sprouting), a few varieties of  oriental salad greens, a bit of swiss chard, and kale, lots of kale.
I thank the garden gods for kale. All through the winter and early spring  [...]

March 4th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Garden, recipe | Leave a comment

Seed Time

I love this time of year. My seed catalogues arrived last month and I’m making the final decisions on what to plant this season. I’m so full of anticipation. I can see in my minds eye the sun shining down on my garden overflowing with veg and herbs . I don’t see the mess in [...]

February 12th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Garden | One comment

Spinach and other Greens

During the winter my Polytunnel is full of  greens. Four or five varieties of kale , mizuna , mibuna ,  mustard greens, rocket, spinach and swiss chard.  Now its time to clear them out to make room for the tomatos and cucumbers.
The question is what to do with all the greens. I’ve frozen them before [...]

June 12th, 2009 | Category: Garden, recipe, sauce | Leave a comment