In autumn we see a huge amount of the fruits of our labour, but in reality, our gardens are never...
As we move into autumn, the nights close in but the daytime still has warmth and beautiful colours. My garden...
The summer season is a busy one, particularly when you’re establishing a new garden. We’ve been working hard to fill our beds outside and in the polytunnels with the plugs of vegetables sown at the end of last winter and at the beginning of spring. As ever, it was a...
As winter turns to spring, we have some changes going on as we rebrand from Hexhamshire Organics to Garden Freyja...
While we’ve been making the most of the autumn sunshine and we’re still picking some fab winter produce – the...
It’s been a varied summer weather-wise with more rain than expected, and at times I’ve felt like I’m growing plants to feed the slugs. The herbs have been doing well, maybe because I usually don’t water them enough? Sage has been especially good this summer and we are now drying...
After what proved a long, draining and very wet winter, I don’t think I have ever been so relieved to...
I’m writing just as we tip into March, and it feels like spring is around the corner – Vallum is...
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...
It’s been a funny old summer… hot then wet, then I lit the fire one day because it was so...
It’s the most exciting time of the year when all the preparation and coaxing of seedlings is coming to fruition....
We’ve been chatting beetroot today. All things from baby beets boiled in the pan to bigger ones roasted in the oven. We were at The Black Swan at Oldstead for my birthday in January – a hard time of year for chefs produce-wise – and they did a whole course...
