All Hallows’ Farmhouse Kitchen Garden
Stories and seasonal tasks from a cook, slowly learning how to become a gardener.
Spring herbs and flowers
Lovage (Levisticum officinale) is such a versatile herb and I am ashamed to say that it was overlooked in our kitchen until we moved to the farmhouse. It grows profusely in the potager and we also have another plant in a corner of the walled garden. So,...
Ladle & Fork. Notes of a Kitchen Garden Diary
Sweet Peas For The Kitchen Table Just as we long for the first of the asparagus and Jersey Royals for the kitchen, picking the first bunch of sweet peas makes me so happy. The tender stems and delicate petals look beautiful but it is the fresh scent...
Ladle & Fork. Notes of a Kitchen Garden Diary.
A Barrow Full of Plants. As much as I had hoped, there just wasn't an opportunity to get out in the garden for long yesterday. Alison popped around unexpectedly with some plants from her garden. She is so generous. Do you find that everyone who loves to garden seem...
Ladle & Fork. Notes of a Kitchen Garden Diary.
April Fool's Day. It was a glorious day for the 1st April. Finding it hard to concentrate in the office, I sneaked outside for an hour and planted the broad bean plants that had been sown in the green house last year. During the warm spell in February I potted them...
Ladle & Fork. Notes of a Kitchen Garden Diary.
A New Chapter Begins. We moved to the farmhouse just over five years ago and for most of that time we were fortunate to hand the care and maintenance of the gardens to Alison Verrion. Her tireless attention to detail transformed the over grown walled garden into...
