Young beetroot just pulled from the garden.
Tom Robbins, the American author, had a thing about beetroot.
If I was asked what I’d plant in my garden before anything else, it would be a selection of fresh herbs and then tomatoes. Nothing does it for me quite like fresh herbs. Basil. Dill. Mint. Parsley. Oregano. Sage.
Spring is upon us out here in the African bush, which sounds ridiculous when you consider that our daytime temperatures move from mild to boiling in just a few weeks.
In Guadeloupe in the Caribbean a pineapple symbolizes hospitality.
I thought 12 years at boarding school had put me off any sort of bean, except the Heinz baked variety, for the rest of my life. Along with “frogs’ eggs,” a.k.
My partner Chris is the one who turned me on to fresh turmeric. He had beds of it growing in the garden when I arrived on the farm.
