Tomato Relish … or How To Stop Crying when Peeling Onions

Tomato Relish … or How To Stop Crying when Peeling Onions

To be honest, I was most surprised to collect this trug-full of tomatoes because weird things happened in the city garden. The tomato patch looks as if some sort of creeping-fungal-knob-rot has enveloped the entire area.

The garden ruin looks biblical to a Catholic so I’m doing reruns of past sins to discover which one is [...]

Rativity

Rativity

Remember the rat in the kitchen? No? Remind yourself here then.
It just wouldn’t be a new week if I didn’t get the chance to write about rats.
Seemed nocturnal-kitchen-rattus was a bit annoyed when, on its return the following evening it discovered the entrance at the top of the rat-ramp was firmly locked.
So it did what [...]

The World’s Most Twee Salad aka the Giant Scarlet Runners

The World’s Most Twee Salad aka the Giant Scarlet Runners

This year has been my first fail with Dad’s beans. They are a snap bean from which he had been seed-saving since the 1950s and have quickly become a favourite with all who try them. The patch of garden in which they were sown had been carefully nurtured through winter with fish frames and guts, [...]

My Dad, Vic Reeves, separated at birth?

My Dad, Vic Reeves, separated at birth?

My dad died recently – an event which could be responsible for a year’s worth of blog posts in itself. One of the cool things that happen when a parent dies (and believe me, you can count on ONE FINGER exactly how many cool things happen when you lose your folks) is that people produce [...]

Rhubarb Rumble Recipe

Rhubarb Rumble Recipe

With all the rhubarb crisp and cobbler, crumble and sponge searching I performed for Andrew’s birthday pudding I finally reached the stage where even the word “rhubarb” was beginning to look like a misspelling.
Eventually I settled on a recipe and then, in honour of my dear mother, I faffed about with it a bit though [...]

Bumpits for volume

I have big hair. In fact, my hair is so big that when I leave it to do it’s own thing, I gain 10 inches in height.

This probably explains why I am late to the world of BUMPITS. Honestly, when I saw that word I thought they were talking about butt implants or perhaps a [...]