My Garden

I particularly like those bags of mixed salad leaves that you can get in the supermarkets. They often contain rocket and are tastier than the ordinary lettuce leaves but are rather expensive. So as an experiment we though that we would try to create a similar mix but with extra flavours. Back in February... Read more..

Planting Onion Sets Now is the time to plant onion sets. The earlier you can get them into ground the bigger the crop. Once the ground starts to warm up in the spring, which can be as early as mid February here in the south west, onion sets can be planted as long as the soil is dry enough. At Rosemoor... Read more..

We have been making some improvements to the fabric of the fruit & veg garden. The shelter has had a bit of a face lift with the stone floor cleaned and enlarged, the thatch given a good scrape to remove layers of moss and a new ridge-cap put on, by our local thatcher. We have also been creating... Read more..