Today I discovered that my new still camera also takes videos! So here is my first attempt – I will do a better one later once I’ve worked out what …

I woke yesterday morning to a glorious day and the sound of the dill screaming. The herbs, patiently nurtured along in their pots in the greenhouse, wanted to go into …

Spring is here, even if the calendar insists it is not. Most of the trees are budding, the peonies are sending deep red phallic spears into the air, the bulbs …

Which means, I have some time for the blog, sadly neglected. It has been a busy few months as I have had to finish a book, as well spend what …

I have been here – I have just been working. 🙂 Last week I emailed off my latest book to my editor at HarperCollins, Steph Smith, and now I can get back …

Today I did something tremendously unusual. I went to visit a professional who attended to my bodily needs – and this visit did not involve any pain, it did not …

By produce. This is the basket of capsicums I just hauled in. Four bushes, none taller than 18 inches high, and they deliver such a bounty. I don’t know whether …

I spent the weekend preserving – tomato ketchup and pickled garlic. Here are the recipes. Tomato Ketchup Either you will like this or you won’t – it is very sweet, …

No, no kitchen photos yet. Sorry. I am waiting on the builder to do the last 10%. I thought I’d update on my progress on the self-sufficiency experiment. I wanted …

I bought in most of the onion harvest some 3-5 weeks ago and they have been in storage since. I planted mostly Cream Golds. I planted 120-odd, thinking this would …