Worcesterberries

  The first thing that needs to be said about the Worcesterberry plant is that this is a vicious, thorny, beast, so make sure to wear a thick pair of gloves when picking berries or pruning because you can easily end up with more scratches than berries.   The large, sharp thorns:     The […]

Whole Artichokes with Lemon Butter Sauce

  My own home-grown and organically grown, artichoke drenched in Lemon Butter Sauce, with side dishes containing extra lemon butter for dipping the petals in, and a finger bowl with lemon juice and water to rinse buttery fingers.   Here are my artichokes! Their colouring is so very pretty with shades of aubergine, green, and […]

First Fig Harvest

  I guess it’s not technically a harvest, in the sense of a lot of fruit being gathered, but more of a small gain. Here is the fig ‘harvest’ on the plate, all two of them! We had waited for this moment for a long time:   My friend had never ever tried figs before, […]

“Sweet Pepper Greek Golden”

  Mum bought this plant in late October 2013 at the Hastings Farmers’ Market (which I have mentioned in the post titled “Spring Farmers’ Market”). What we want to know is why are these called Greek Golden? They are green, and a purply black, and a bright red (as seen in the photo) but at […]

Blueberry Harvest

  Blueberries picked on one day. This year has been the best ever blueberry season for us. We have three blueberry plants – two we don’t know the variety of, but we do know that one is called ‘Tasty Blue‘, but which one is it? We don’t know – the labels blew away and got […]