Category: Grow Your Own
My Top Picks to Bring Your Garden to Life This Spring and Summer
28 March 2018 - Joanna Hazelton
It won’t be long now. The snow, sleet and gloomy evenings will soon be a distant memory and you’ll be frolicking in the garden before you know it! So with that in mind here are 4 ways you can bring your garden to life this spring and summer together with my top picks to help […]
Carrot Margarita Anyone?
7 December 2015 - Joanna Hazelton
Carrot Margarita. Brussels Sproutini. Parsnip Punch. Pea Puree Cocktail. Now these are the trimmings I’m looking forward to having with my Christmas turkey this year. Yum I hear you cry. But go with it… What better way to get your 5-a-day over the Christmas season than with these scrummy festive cocktails. And what a virtuous […]
Why Have a Greenhouse?
11 March 2013 - Joanna Hazelton
Greenhouses. Where to start. Big? Small? Wood? Aluminium? Glass? Plastic?
I was all set to browse the web to give you an in-depth guide as to what to look for in a greenhouse. Then, as luck would have it, I stumbled across an informative blog I’d forgotten Jack had written a couple of years ago entitled Jack’s Greenhouse Guide which details all the main points you need to consider. So that’s made my life a whole lot easier.
It got me thinking though. Why have a greenhouse at all? Well, lots of reasons really.
A Modern Woman’s Approach to Fruit Picking
27 September 2012 - Joanna Hazelton
OK, I’m going to have to admit it. I’ve never been one for getting my hands dirty in the garden. My sort of gardening is buying a few planters and sitting from the comfort of the lounger ‘advising’ my husband about what needs to be done.
However, I’m not completely inept in the garden. I can manage picking fruit from our fruit trees. And in the last few weeks I’ve had my work cut out with all the blackberries, pears, damsons and apples – all quite exhausting but it beats going to the gym!