Wet spell has not stopped the gardening Despite the mixed weather (we’re squelching around in our wellies with the sun...
Enjoying the fruits of our labour In the few spare minutes we get at this time of year it’s great...
While we’ve been making the most of the autumn sunshine and we’re still picking some fab winter produce – the arrival of darker nights gives me a chance to write and introduce myself. Ten years ago my husband Bob and I completely changed our careers – in catering and technology...
Some years ago, I saw a crowd funder for a new type of beehive developed by farmers in Australia. Their...
As we move into autumn, the nights close in but the daytime still has warmth and beautiful colours. My garden...
Vallum Kitchen Garden is awash with colour It’s been a long time since I shared news from Vallum Kitchen Garden with you, but that doesn’t mean I’ve had my feet up over the last few months. We’ve had lots of demand for our salad mixes, microshoots and edible flowers; I’m confident...
What a summer we had! The heatwave meant the crops were in remarkably early, allowing the farmers a more sociable...
It’s so cold we barely want to go out in the garden and pick at the moment. But the bonus...
Vicky Moffitt of Vallum Farm on Hadrian’s Wall, shares the trials and tribulations of the Kitchen Garden which supplies produce to the farm’s tea room, restaurant tipi, wedding and events venue. Vallum, Military Road, Newcastle, NE18 0LL, tel 01434 672 652, www.vallumfarm.co.uk What a month – glorious sun and tropical...
I don’t know what the weather is like when you are reading this but I am writing this column during...
I once grew so many flowers on my allotment that the bad-tempered judge of the annual prize spikily remarked that...
We have seen an abundance of berries and nuts in the hedgerows around us this autumn. The blackberries have been particularly good, so we have been enjoying lashings of jam on our sourdough from The Grateful Bread in Hexham. The acorns are huge this year too – I have never...
