Flour Water Dirt & Rain

 

  I planted cabbage in the patch last September to over winter for spring. It seemed like a good idea to have something in the ground a...

this week  is the FWDR Blog Birthday week! it's been an whole entire year since the first post 52 weeks ago, and how far we've c...

purple sprouting broccoli shoots, kale buds, pea shoots, ruby steaks mustard, baby kale, green garlic and chive its hard to believe tha...

chicken bones, carrots, celery, garlic, cheese rinds, herb stalks, and cauliflower stems homemade chicken stock is a great thing to make...

a look back at 2012's plants, the spuds on the right created a lovely wind break from prevailing sea winds. i'm going to try and c...

looks like i spoke too soon about the beautiful spring weather! the past two weeks have been sub zero and snowing! again! oh well, i gue...

what a change in weather from last week! we've had some rain but the frosts subsided and its just begining to feel like spring. j...

im to the point of being obsessed with infused spirits, last year it was foraged blackberries and a spiced quince vodka. this year im tr...

Leeks Vinaigrette gardens across the northern hemisphere are winding down. my garden has slowly become a shadow of its former self,...

  on one of my seed buying frenzies i grabbed a packet of Sweet Dumpling Squash seeds. not knowing really what they would turn out li...

whatta veg! introducing a whopper of a veg, the super knobbly scary looking, the mighty mighty big, with an even bigger creamy flavour:...

  edible flower blossoms and wild flowers, clockwise from top left: calendula, cornflower (non edible), allium (onion family includes c...

  nasturtiums add needed colour to the garden, and attract bees and butterflies nasturtium seed pods dangling off the vine ...