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The weekly view……
Taken on Tuesday morning , on a flying visit to pick some Swiss Chard and Spinach for that night’s dinner The view from the top of the path on plot 1 – in fact you can see my number post! And …...
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an allotment shed and the stories to be told
Remember the photo of the shed with the cane chairs outside, a perfect place to sit and ponder? I’ve recently ‘inherited’ a shed – it came with the new plot. The gentleman who rented it before me has...
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Bring me sunshine to plant garlic and the weekly view
Blogging is remarkable. I recount a tale, ponder over an idea or ask a question and my blogging friends respond; you share ideas, experiences, opinions, ideas often with true candour and often with...
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Jack Frost doesn’t tip toe around
He came tramping through the dark of night and left a white carpet that crunched under foot as I walked. Stomp, stomp, stomp went Jack Frost. Crunch, crunch, crunch went my boots on the ground. Every...
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Stacey’s Munch and Crunch Supertastic all round best Granola ever
We Stacey’s granola. Do you get the message Remember the Promenade Guest Blogs while I took a little country break? I’m finally getting round to making the recipes my friends posted, a) it would...
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Digging in the Mizzle Clouds
You know those fabulous landscape travel shots of the tip of mountain appearing out of the clouds, or of a misty dew laden morning on a valley floor, distant trees emerging from the mist? Totally sexy...
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The Kitchen Cupboard – less is more
. Hands up who has a kitchen with loads of stuff in it? You know the kind of thing I mean – plates and cups galore, several wooden spoons – all slightly different, kitchen gadgets from processors to...
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The weekly view ….. time to get down and dirty!
A deep-deep sleep in my own bed. Waking to the sound of seagulls on the roofs, people on their way to work, of cars passing by all to the backdrop of Radio 4. The sound of home. A bright sunny …...
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Sow with love
British gardener and broadcaster Christine Walkden on BBC Radio 4 the other week spoke passionately about gardening and growing but what really grabbed my attention were her comments about sowing...
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Celeriac – the new black?
Celeriac is making a kitchen comeback – I see it more and more in the grocers and markets and with mentionitus extending to recipes online - this season’s new black or in the cookery world the new...
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All about Brussels
All about Brussels – Of the sprouting kind that is, not the sizeable Belgian city. 2012 was the first year I can truly say I grew, picked and ate a proper crop of Brussels Sprouts. Previous years have...
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Love or Loathe
I could be writing about the recent death of Margaret Thatcher couldn’t I? She has managed to divide opinion in life and in death. But this isn’t a political blog, life on the Promenade is about...
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Today I sowed two pages worth
Today I sowed two pages worth of my notebook, or rather two pages of one of my notebooks. I’m a multi-notebook kind of girl – different coloured covers, different sizes, mostly squared, each with an...
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Emergng from hibernation and a haircut
A Big Blue Sky Day – that’s what we have today. A weekend of sun and some warmth, perfect for gardening. Time to blow away the cobwebs, time to feel the sun on your back. Time to garden. I haven’t …...
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Tomatoes with Hats On and recipe bright ideas needed
I grew some elephant garlic last year, admittedly by mistake – the bulblets had been left in the ground from the previous year, survived and grew. I love it when “gardening” works for me ! I remember...
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Redlove and the flight of the bumble bee
Planting trees is planting something for the future – no quick wins here my friends. It takes time for a tree to mature, whether it’s decorative or functional, fruiting or flowering. Planting a tree is...
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The weekly view – bye bye April and hello climbing peas
Things are growing around here, including the grass, but Celia has given us all permission to let the grass grow under our feet so we can encourage dandelions, they are just what bees need. While I...
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A bagful, a sinkful, a plateful – maybe a bellyful
I’m talking about growing, harvesting and cooking Spinach and Chard. It all starts around this time of year, sowing seeds in teeny pots to be planted out as young seedlings, watered in and forgotten...
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Breakfast Lunch and Dinner
I need to extend the number of meals we eat from the standard Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner to include Brunch and Afternoon Tea, and if there is room at the end of the day then a suppertime snack can be...
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Cheating at Herbs
Are you a cheat? Would you cheat in certain circumstances? What do you think about cheats and cheating? Maybe we need to think about the word cheat before we all get on our collective high judgemental...
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