Magnon's Meanderings

It's almost 'vendange' time. We don't live in a recognised wine-making area as such, but we do have the AOC Vineyards of...

There are two major worries in the making of Bramble (Blackberry) Jelly. Firstly will the hedge-trimming guys have been by and destroye...

Interest was recently shown in this small terracotta animal, that appeared at the rear of a photo on an unrelated subject. I found i...

A certain amount of rainfall has meant that food from the wild is, once again, abundant. Before I took the dogs out for their early ...

All the Courgette and Tomato plants have now been taken out, and the few weeds that they harboured have been banished. I am reasonably s...

I'm rather loath to call myself an organic gardener, simply because it's the way I've always done things (as did my forebea...

This is probably the last time I'll mention Soda bread (if I can resist), but for the moment, as winter approaches, I still feel as i...