Onion Harvest

I planted my heat-treated onion sets (Cupido F1 and Red Baron) on 19th March 2021. By 24th August, the leaves had flopped and were starting to yellow. We had eaten a few onions already but now it was time to dig up the remainder and cure them for winter storage. The soil was loosened with a garden fork...

Arthur's Stone

Arthur's Stone near Dorstone in Herefordshire is a Neolithic burial chamber that is over 5000 years old. It is under the care of English Heritage who describe it as:The chamber is formed of nine upright stones, with an enormous capstone, estimated to weigh more than 25 tonnes. It was accessed through...

A Surfeit of Cucumbers

The cucumber is a versatile fruit consumed raw in salads, sandwiches, tzatziki, chilled soups or just cut into sticks for dipping sauces.I typically grow four plants in the polytunnel using a Greenhouse Sensation Quadgrow system. For the last two seasons, I have grown the all-female Passandra F1...