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Gardening: Purple patch with my broccoli

Gardening: Purple patch with my broccoli

My purple sprouting broccoli is just beginning to show its sprouts and we had our first little crop at the weekend.

This delicious vegetable is well worth waiting for and as soon as you have eaten the harvest you have to think about sowing again.


Go Organic: Easy to grow your own veg

Go Organic: Easy to grow your own veg

I always try to encourage people to have a go at growing their own veg, even if it is just a pot or two of herbs on the windowsill.

Rural Reading: Ivy treat for the birds

Rural Reading: Ivy treat for the birds

Winter has arrived properly with the freezing weather of the last week, but we have been very lucky.


 

Mortimer firm wins chocolate award

Mortimer firm wins chocolate award

Chocoholics at a foodie festival in London voted a product from Mortimer Britain’s favourite drinking chocolate.

Recipe: Lentil soup

Recipe: Lentil soup

Although this winter has been relatively mild, the frosty mornings and dark, cold evenings have left many of us feeling a little blue.


 

 

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