We’ve been chatting beetroot today. All things from baby beets boiled in the pan to bigger ones roasted in the...
I’m writing just as we tip into March, and it feels like spring is around the corner – Vallum is...
The whole garden has been cloaked in sparkle dust today. We had to stop picking the kale mid-December as it had stopped regenerating with the lower temperatures and it doesn’t look like picking up anytime soon. The sprouting broccoli started a little early (it should have waited until January) and...
I feel like Vallum has gone through a sort of rejuvenation during lockdown. It’s as if the world stopped and...
When the wind and the rain are playing havoc with EVERYTHING it’s very hard to have any enthusiasm for ANYTHING!...
It’s so cold we barely want to go out in the garden and pick at the moment. But the bonus is the sunrises and our chef Richard in the Tea Room has been sharing his early morning sunrise and kale snaps on Facebook. The great news is the sprouting broccoli...
Vallum Kitchen Garden is awash with colour It’s been a long time since I shared news from Vallum Kitchen Garden with...
The summer season is a busy one, particularly when you’re establishing a new garden. We’ve been working hard to fill...
After a beautiful February when I dusted the moths off my denim (almost) mini-skirt, today, at the back end of May, it’s so cold I can barely think straight. Mark, who is taking over our Kitchen Garden, has planted rhubarb and gooseberries in the raised beds and last year’s chard...
With Vallum’s Vicky Moffitt The purple-sprouting broccoli at Vallum is insane. It’s like being in a virtual reality world down here...
This month, we are mostly obsessing about our beautiful new Sussex hens, courtesy of James Baty at North Acomb Farm,...
It’s that time of year; very wet, damp, cold, muddy, dark and everything else unpleasant. The plants in the pots my friend at Tom and Jo’s in Wylam made for me continue to bloom and grow against the odds. I’m not quite sure how, and as far as gardening is...
