At the moment I am listening to the Bise hit the side of my apartment. This wind is typical in Geneva and sends freezing weather in our direction. I’ve been listening to the blasts for it for the last 12hours or so, and during this time the 150km gusts have sent quite a lot of the plants […]
Planning My Dream Garden; What I Need To Know And When…
I’ve mentioned it a couple of times on the blog, but not that often because if I am honest it all seems a little unreal – we’re getting a garden. And that’s happening pretty soon. My wife and I have lived in the suburbs of Geneva for three years now. In that time we’ve occupied […]
The Top Plant-Based Kickstarters Now
Kickstarter is a great resource for taking an idea and growing it into a viable business. I love it as an organization, and I’ve got involved in a ton of projects as a result. I’ve chipped in on everything from board games to books, but increasingly I’ve seen a bunch of plant-based projects launching on the […]
Where To Buy Organic And Non-Gmo Seeds
January always feels like a fresh start to me. It’s like life just handed you a CTRL+ALT+DEL, you’ve got a chance to take a breather and then begin anew. In the gardening calendar, January is also a great month for taking some time out and thinking about your goals for the year. Where I am, […]
Growing Christmas Dinner: Another Project For 2017!
I have just successfully extracted myself from the self-induced food coma which I have been languishing in for the past few days. I’ve removed myself by choosing not to have Quality Street for breakfast, but to instead have a fruit tea and a banana. Christmas is a time of giving eating. But this year was different to […]
Let It Grow, Let It Grow, Let It Grow!
We’ve done it guys, well done! We’ve passed the Winter Solstice which means we are officially on the way to summer. But right now, and rightly so, that feels a long way off. In these dark days of winter, it is hard to do more than mainline YouTube videos and down Eggnog; the potential of gardening seems a […]
Grow Your Own Bread – Part 3 – Growing Wheat In Containers
My seeds are here, the weather is good, and that can only mean one thing – it is time to plant my wheat. Now, normally, farmers would be putting their wheat in the ground around about now. But from what I know those farmers aren’t on a balcony in Geneva, so it is anyone’s guess […]
Grow Your Own Bread – Part 2 – The Wheat Is Here!
The blog and the roof terrace have been a bit neglected of late. Unfortunately, that was because, you know, holidays. But that isn’t a bad reason, and I am coming back to it with a renewed enthusiasm, the kind that can only come from a couple of weeks in a far off land. In this […]
Recipe: Peach & Peppercorn Hot Sauce
Habenaroes are super awesome. They are hot, but have an underlying fruitiness to them which means that they go perfectly in a fruit-based sauce. But, whenever I see recipes for fruity hot sauces, they always seem to use an abundance of fresh fruit. That’s great if you live in an area where fruit is cheap […]
In Praise of Foraging
On Sunday, we headed over the border to France to a local animal shelter. Often we take a dog from there and walk it in the countryside. It gives us the joy of toddling along with a doggy, as well as a chance to explore an area we wouldn’t otherwise visit. Previously, when walking in […]