SILVER TREES

The lovely white hedgerow blossom of the blackthorn is becoming more visible this month, but the blossom I am most looking forward to is...

When the sun comes out I think it lifts all our spirits. I certainly love the effect it has on the garden, with flowers and blossom...

Who doesn't love a special parcel turning up? I loved opening this box of goodies I had ordered online several months ago. I must admit...

Sometimes a really sweet, delicious millionaires shortbread or caramel slice is needed with a good cup of coffee! It is a real treat but...

These lovely flowers are beginning to pop up around the garden. They are not always the prettiest of plants with the winter leaves...

There is nothing like the bright yellow of a bunch of daffodils sitting in the sun to lift the mood! These are my first bunch of the...

Where is the year going? We don’t do huge things in our house for Valentine’s Day. Head Gardener and I usually have a favourite meal in...

You might be surprised to read that tofu can be delicious! We have tried it in lots of sauces and different cooking methods and have...

….. I bet we all have some of these. I certainly have a drawer full of ones that get used once or twice. So today I was prepping some...

I wonder what your favourite childhood food would be? I remember delicious caramel blancmange and junket with lots of grated nutmeg on...

On grey, wet, wintery days it is lovely to hear a gentle tinkling of a wind chime to bring a smile to my face. Last year we had a great...

I find tremendous enjoyment with passing on recipes and seeing how others have a go with them. And last weekend was a triumph in that....

Well life has been in the way a bit, hence this is the first post of 2021. Christmas seems a long time ago but I just love the festive...

I haven't made sweet chilli jam until recently. But now it's being added to almost every at dinner time or lunch at home! A vegan...

Who loves to cook with fresh herbs? I do! We have a lovely herb garden which includes a couple of small bay trees. Bay is great used in...

As you know this year has been strange in many ways. I would never have guessed that the sewing I had been doing most would be masks.......

Now that a lot of colour and most of the flowers have died down on the garden, it is so lovely to see this pretty chrysanthemum bright...

So last spring the garden was gorgeous with tulips, daffodils and the like. We noticed though that there weren't as many tulips coming...

This year we have had a great crop of chillies. We have grown them from seed and it was a variety we have eaten as tapas when green, but...

I love the changes of the seasons....although the one thing I don't like is fog. At the moment (lockdown 2) we aren't really allowed to...