Grow Your Own
Recognise the deckchairs and the out of control veggies? I have published 5 books (yes, yes number 6 will definitely get finished before its final, hard and fast, no-more-excuses deadline […]
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Green Bean and Pea Salad
I haven’t blogged for a while because I have been too exhausted and things here at the campsite and smallholding have been keeping me busy as well as the whole […]
Veggies
Another day, another 5 hours spent sitting in Frankfurt Airport. I should have been home by now, walking my dogs and picking carrots in the polytunnel of dreams, but I’m […]
Food Forest
The polytunnel of dreams is a food forest. This is a polite way of saying that it is a completely overgrown mess, but a somewhat edible mess. I did a […]
Black Currant Ice Cream
I’m on my way to Nuremberg to give a talk at a conference on the Reformation. I’m talking about Ottoman imaginations of the religious schism between Protestant and Catholics in […]
Swim Adventure
There wasn’t really time to take photos on the swim adventure so here is a postcard instead. Our swim was from Durdle Door beach and under the arch (top right). […]
Snake in the Grass
My peaches in the poly tunnel of dreams are pretty much ready. I had my first one yesterday. But why, I hear you ask, are you eating it by the […]
Land of Milk and Honey
A litre of milk from Iggy Pop this morning and 41 lbs of honey from two supers from the fabulous aptly named Hive No.1 this afternoon. I reckon I could […]
Lamb Kofte and Broad Beans
Continuing the broadbean theme here, I made this dish based on a recipe by Ottolenghi and Tamimi in Jerusalem. Kofte and Broad Beans: 500ml chicken stock, two large handfuls of broad […]
