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Gardening: Relishing my radishes

Gardening: Relishing my radishes

The first crop from the vegetable patch has confirmed my view that this is going to be a good growing year.

There has been enough rain to swell the little red globes of radishes, and they tasted delicious.


Go Organic: time to deploy pheremone traps

Go Organic: time to deploy pheremone traps

The codling moth is responsible for the cartoon-classic worms inside apples and it takes to the air on warm evenings in early summer to mate.

Rural Reading: The skies should be filled with flies

Rural Reading: The skies should be filled with flies

Walking across the meadows in the evening, as the sun is low in the sky, the air appears thick with life.


 

Mushroom risotto with a barley heart

Mushroom risotto with a barley heart

I like to use pearl barley when making this risotto with goat’s cheese. Pearl barley simply is the barley grain that has been hulled and milled until it resembles small pearls.

Mya Lacarte's Chocolate and Beetroot Pudding

Mya Lacarte's Chocolate and Beetroot Pudding

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Cooked beetroot is bursting with nutrients and health benefits and is so easy to cook with, to add to salads, make soups with and, best of all, to bake indulgent cakes with – while still being a little bit healthy.


 

 

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