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Pop Pop Popcorn! 10 Popcorn Snack Hacks!

Posted on August 14, 2017 9 Comments

Ten awesome popcorn snack hacks

Everyone will love these deliciously easy popcorn hacks! A few years ago I decided to order a weird variety of corn to plan in our garden – golf ball corn. The seed catalogue said “Beautiful diamond shaped kernels, pops bright white, vigorous plant yielding 3 to 4 cobs each up to 4cm.” and despite neglecting […]

Zucchini and Pineapple Bread

Posted on January 16, 2017 10 Comments

Zucchini and Pineapple Bread - an easy and delicious way to cook with zucchini

We have a zucchini problem. A big zucchini problem. We have more zucchinis growing in the garden than we know what to do with. But we know how to handle it, we bake. We bake zucchini and pineapple Bread! This year we grew some Italian Zucchini which are a pale green, as well as the […]

Ten Easy Veggies to Grow with Kids

Posted on November 14, 2016 4 Comments

Ten easy veggies to grow with kids

It’s that time of the year, when the sun is finally shining again, and I am just itching to get outside and plant something in the garden, and as soon as I pull out the packets of seeds and start digging in the dirt, the kids want to join in too. Gardening with your kids […]

How to Grow Alfalfa Sprouts (and get the kids to eat them!)

Posted on September 12, 2016 Leave a Comment

How to grow alfalfa sprouts and get the kids to eat them!

Growing alfalfa sprouts has got to be the easiest ‘gardening’ activity there is. You can do it inside, they grow in a couple of days, and you don’t even need any dirt! Growing alfalfa sprouts is a great gardening activity for kids because it’s quick and easy. You grow the sprouts in a glass jar […]

Simple Tips for a Successful Veggie Garden

Posted on September 14, 2015 7 Comments

Simple tip sof growing a great veggie garden... even if you don't have green thumbs or loads of time

It’s finally here, Spring has finally come to my part of the world! It’s the time of the year when I go a little crazy. I start collecting toilet rolls, and turning my windowsill into a green house, and getting all emotional about how lovely the dirt smells when it’s been turned… ye, it’s gardening […]

Grow It and Eat It – 12 Super Spinach Recipes

Posted on August 31, 2015 10 Comments

Super Spinach! - how to grow it and 10 great spinach recipes that even the kids will eat!

I am not a winter gardener. I just can’t bring myself to battle with the frost and ice and mud that we get here over winter, so I pretty much give up gardening during the colder months. But despite crazy icy mornings this year, and total and utter neglect, good old reliable spinach is growing […]

The Garden Classroom – Interview and Book Give Away

Posted on April 25, 2015 24 Comments

The Garden Classroom by Cathy James - an interview with the author and give away

I have been lucky to ‘meet’ some really lovely people online, and one of the loveliest is Cathy James from NurtureStore. Today we are all lucky as I have a quick interview with Cathy to share where I ask here about life as a Mum, her love of gardening and her lovely new book The […]

The Garden is…

Posted on January 12, 2015 7 Comments

The garden is more than just a distraction...

I am quietly surprised about how much I love growing fruit and veggies. I used to think the garden was the domain of the old lady. The lady who’s hours are not filled with children and laundry and meal times – the garden was a nice distraction. And it is a distraction, one that calls […]

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