The Mad Gnomes Strike Again!

Every year at around the end of July our road gets closed off for half a day on a Saturday morning or afternoon and we can't leave our h...

I received a few questions regarding the frother/creamer. Here is a little tutorial. Probably more than you ever wanted to know. Fill the fr...

We have at least one resident pair of Scarlet Robins at our place. They are beautiful little birds. I managed to get a picture of the m...

Frosty mornings. Walking through the frosty grass you can hear it go 'crunch crunch crunch'. A bucket full of rain water had a lovel...

A little shy, hence the slightly fuzzy picture. I had to use the zoom to get this picture. Mother and son. Ps.: They are our neighbours'...

Yes, I'm still here. Just a tad busy. Here's Cleopatra to entertain you. I'll be back shortly.

Every afternoon we reach a point where we need a little rest from the office. That's when we have a cup of coffee or cappuccino. We have...

I made another batch of candied peel. This time I left more pith on the peel. You can see 3 lemonades in this picture. In the background is ...

What do you do when your neighbours enjoy a lemonade glut? You ask for 1-2 lemonades and they give you a dozen. You ask for 1 dozen lemonade...

Big, dark green leaves and thin, light green stalks. Both are very tender and delicious. Use either raw in salads or in fried rice, pasta, o...

The rhubarb is looking fantastic. I have been harvesting bunches of it since autumn (when the rain gave my plants a long awaited drink). I g...

It's dark, cold, wet. The temperature is still hovering between 5 and 6 degrees (Celsius) shortly before lunchtime! We have had 42mm of ...

...and other potatoes. Flower Gnome harvested these potatoes a few days ago. Last night we had some of the Dutch Cream for tea. Just a drizz...

It's stormy out there. A fierce wind is howling around the place. It's wet, cold and miserable. But look at this splash of colour! W...

Isn't it amazing what you can grow? Here is a box of chickpeas that I sowed quite a while ago. I had never even thought of growing chick...