I’d thoroughly recommend growing your own rosemary as it’s a very hardy plant, has a great fragrance, and obviously is great to cook with. But it grows… a lot, so I’m often left wondering what else I can do with it. Whether you’ve bought herbs from the shops or grow your own then no one … Read more
Your garden really is where the “fun” cooking takes place, we all agree it’s exciting cooking with real fire, so why not make the most of it and build yourself an outdoor garden kitchen? I love the theatre of my pizza oven, entertaining for friends and family, especially when they get to make their own pizzas, … Read more
I feel pretty proud that I built my own pizza oven from scratch and guests who come over to eat homemade pizzas are pretty chuffed and jealous in equal measures too! But this week I had the pleasure of getting the following email. Not only had Jim read about my pizza oven on this blog … Read more
Did you know you can grow flowers at home and use them in your cooking?
Whilst you can pick up leaves etc by hand, a leaf vacuum does a great job and will een mulch the leaves for you!
Everywhere I go I seem to see wood crates… in garden centres, fashion shops, food shops, independent stores, anywhere really and they’re mostly used for displays rather than actual storage. I can see why they’re everywhere because they very nice! Rustic, vintage, solid, and very flexible in use… so I thought I’d make my own! … Read more
To get straight to the point the best woods to burn in your wood-fired pizza oven are hardwoods such as ash, birch, oak, maple and beech. Whilst they’re more expensive than softwoods you really will notice the difference when using your pizza oven. Hardwood trumps softwood It’s hardwood all the way for your wood fired … Read more
My shed, like many of yours, is generally an unloved dumping ground where many many items go to be forgotten. This isn’t what my shed was for. My shed was to be a workshop, an organised space, somewhere I could go and work and enjoy. What happened? Life got in the way… that’s what, and … Read more
Wheelie bin shelters are great at hiding your dirty bins but they’re not that great to look at themselves so why not add some greenery?
