The sun came out at the weekend and for the first time in what seems like months, I was able to do a bit of gardening.  Just a little weedin...

Roasted vegetable pasta with chorizo & feta Good morning!  Brrrr - it's cold today!  But the sky is blue and I think it is going...

Pasta with broad beans... More on the theme of simplicity!  A couple of days ago I made a really simple but delicious supper which still...

Foccacia sandwich... It was a beautiful sunny day yesterday, so I went for a walk by the seafront - it was lovely!  I decided to treat m...

It's the London Olympics and I have been glued to the TV, watching all manner of sporting achievements!  It's been stunning but has ...

First peppers appearing... Very exciting news: the pepper plants which have grown indoors on the window sill for the last few weeks have...

First spuds 2012 Time for another post, I dare say!  As mentioned before, the weather has been shocking lately, so we couldn't do mu...

Summer in a bowl... The last few days have been really sunny and we have been trying to make the most of it by doing gardening, drying w...

First tomatoes! Now - if this doesn't deserve a second post today, then I don't know what does :-)  I have just been out in the ...

Lily in our pond... After days of storms and rain we have finally had lovely sunshine today!  It's amazing what a bit of warmth can ...

It is absolutely shocking out there today with what can only be described as autumn storms...in June!  The dog was not impressed when I took...

I've been away for a few days and thought it is high time I gave an update on what's going on in the garden.  The good news is that ...

This week promises to be a sunny one, so I am making a little list of jobs to do in the garden: mowing the lawn, weeding, planting out tomat...

It's been a few days since my last post and since then we have had lots more rain but also some glorious sunshine over the weekend.  Tha...

To say it has been breezy here over the last couple of days would be an understatement - it feels as if it should be October with these stor...

Gosh - I am not sure where the last few days have gone!  It is definitely time for an update as the plants in the veg garden and indoors hav...

Despite the April showers the park looked beautiful this morning and the view down to the sea was stunning!  We've had lots of rain ov...

Grow, grow, grow! Almost overnight two of my pumpkin seeds have germinated - I can't believe that I checked in the afternoon and coul...

Bunny invasion... Whether or not you celebrate Easter, here is to a happy Sunday! I have just been outside to check on the crops and ha...

Hot cross buns It's the Easter weekend and Good Friday at that, so what better excuse to make hot cross buns?  I did exactly that to...