The tree in my garden which I thought was a Beech, has turned out be a Cherry tree. What’s more, there seems to be a bumper crop of dark red cherries amongst the branches. As a big fan of the fruit, this was a fantastic bonus. The tree is huge and although we’d been picking a [...]
Posted in Drinks, Grow Your Own, Uncategorised on Jul 14th, 2010
I’ve been a fan of ‘real ales’ for a while now but I’ve always thought making your own would be a lot of effort. I used to help my Dad make wine from our home-grown grapes when I was younger, I always remember it as a long (and smelly) process, requiring quite a bit of [...]
Posted in Drinks, Grow Your Own on May 26th, 2009
At the Slow Food Market at the Festival Hall (A South London Food Trip – Part 1 Slow Food Festival) was a man selling garlic from a bicycle. Unmistakably French, he did not have many takers for the raw bulbs of garlic he was giving out as samples! There was a choice of white, pink [...]
Posted in Grow Your Own, Markets on Dec 26th, 2008