Preparing soil for growing carrots Growing Carrots – I am a little later than planned at sowing my carrots this year, for me it’s not just a case of sprinkling a few seeds into the soil. I like to make sure the soil is prepared well to ensure a harvest of big, strong cylindrical Carrots. …
April 2013
Afternoon Tea – Goldstone Hall, Shropshire
Sandwiches, cake and tea perfect! What a delightful Afternoon Tea my sister and I enjoyed last week at Goldstone Hall near Market Drayton, Shropshire. Goldstone Hall – Afternoon Tea Menu Sandwiches Roast beef and horseradish Ham and grain mustard Farmhouse Mature Cheddar and Goldstone tomato chutney Homemade fruit scone with mixed berry jam and …
How does my garlic grow?
How does your garlic grow Back in January I planted my gleaming white garlic cloves courtesy of a competition win from Woollygreen. For months there were no signs of life in the soil. A few weeks ago in preparation for planting up the raised beds, they were covered with an old shower curtain and some bin …
How to spend one million Nectar points
If you were given 1,000,000 Nectar points to spend, how would you splash out. That’s just what Confused.com are asking pinners to do, then show everyone what you would buy by creating your very own Pinterest board. So I have been busy virtually transforming my kitchen with a new cooker, fridge freezer and plenty of …
Recipe – Chocolate and Honey Madeleines
Chocolate and Honey Madeleines Recipe Makes 12-14 Preheat your oven to 180 degrees C Ingredients60g unsalted butter – melted1 large egg50g caster sugar50g plain flour 2 teaspoons cocoa powder tablespoon or two of honey Chocolate and Honey Madeleines Method Melt the butter, use some of the melted butter to liberally grease the Madeleine tray. Put …
Giveaway – Pure Vanilla Recipe Book (closed)
Do you remember back in January I reviewed the wonderful recipe book Pure Vanilla by Shauna Server. There are some truly delicious recipes in this book, such as the Big, Soft Frosted Vanilla Sugar Cookies to name but one. The lovely people over at PG Books are giving one of my lucky blog readers in the UK and …