Borlotti beans
French name: Haricot borlotti or Haricot borlotto With the dry, hot summer we’ve had here in France, my remaining borlotti bean pods and the beans inside have now nicely dried on the plant. I have...
View ArticleAutumn garlic or “but I thought garlic was just garlic?!”
French name: – l’Ail Automne Last weekend, whilst enjoying a few small glasses of rosé wine with my friend, I told her about how I had spent the afternoon planting garlic. I finally shut up after about...
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The winter season here in France can sometimes seem to drag on and this year that is certainly true. The first flurry of snow came at the end of October, and now as we approach the end of February,...
View ArticleVegetable seeds to sow in March
This week the air temperature has risen, the snow has melted and it finally feels as if the worst of the winter weather is behind us in France. Snowdrops, Daffodils, Tulips and Hemerocallis are all...
View ArticleSweetcorn
French name: Maïs à épis or le maïs doux The current glorious spell of sunshine here in France has got me thinking about dusting off the BBQ and for me that can only mean one thing; sweetcorn. I find...
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Top 10 Companion Plants for your Vegetable Plot
April has arrived and so far it has brought a mixture of gorgeous sunshine and freezing rain, this morning we even had a small skittering of snow! In the greenhouse the vegetable seeds I sowed back on...
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American Land Cress
I love the fiery flavour of watercress but it’s not the easiest of plants to grow owing to its need for constant water, so when my mum telephoned me earlier this year asking if I fancied trying out...
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Seeing red: tips for ripening tomatoes
Whilst my tomatoes are coming to an end I still have quite a few on the vine that need to ripen. Now that we’re in October, the time has come for one last push to encourage them to turn into the sweet,...
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Sowing Vegetable Seeds: Heated Propagators
I have normally sown most of my vegetable seeds in the greenhouse by the end of February, especially those that need to go into the heated propagators such as tomatoes, peppers, courgettes, chillies...
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