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Winter Pruning of Climbing Roses

Winter is the best time to prune modern repeat climbers as all the old leaves need to be picked off anyway, so may as well prune at the same time....

November 26, 2015

Recipes

Swiss Chard Stem Hummus

So much of the Swiss Chard is in the stem, so it makes sense to use it all. 1 pound chard stems, coarsely chopped (about 4 cups) salt to taste...

August 21, 2015

Recipes

Colcannon

2 pounds russet potatoes 5 cups (or more!) chopped kale 1 or 2 leeks (need to plant in February), cleaned and chopped 1 cup milk 3 TB unsalted butter ¼...

August 21, 2015

Recipes

Sunomono Salad (Japanese Cucumber Salad)

1 long English cucumber, preferably just picked, and young and tender without large seeds. Alternatively, use 4 smaller Japanese cucumbers. 6 TB rice wine vinegar 2 TB mirin (sweet rice...

August 21, 2015

Recipes

Stuffed Tomatoes – Using Striped Cavern Heirlooms

These tomatoes are particularly suited to stuffing; they are large, hollow, and contain few seeds or pulp, with firm ‘walls’. 6 Italian sausages, meat taken out of the casings 1...

August 21, 2015

Recipes

Roasted Beets With Sauce

To roast beets, wash, then rub with olive oil, add just a small splash of water, then wrap tightly in foil. I usually wrap 2-3 together. Put on baking tray...

August 21, 2015

Recipes

Cherry Tomatoes With Pasta and Fresh Basil

  1 ½ – 2 pounds fresh, ripe cherry tomatoes, halved (can squeeze out some of the juice if they are watery) 4 garlic cloves, minced ½ cup fresh French...

August 21, 2015

Recipes

Broccolini With Lemon and Garlic

Approximately 375 g broccolini 2 TB XV olive oil 2 cloves garlic, sliced ¼ tsp salt 1 tsp grated lemon rind 1 TB lemon juice Trim tough ends from broccolini....

August 21, 2015

Edible Gardening

The Magical Bean

By Faye For the snap and crunch of a perfect green bean, nothing comes close to the bean you grow yourself. Those hollow, stringy supermarket beans should be banned! Beans...

June 1, 2015