Our Kitchen Garden
Our garden is based in North Oxfordshire just outside the town of Banbury. Since moving into our home in 2021 we have been developing the the mature and overgrown garden into a space to relax, play and grow our own fruit and vegetables.
We wanted a space to share our progress and the ups and downs as we develop the garden. 2024 was rather tricky with a cold and damp growing year bringing in slugs to eat our crops. Hopefully, 2025 will be a little better.
For the kitchen side of things, we shall post our favourite recipes using the food harvested from the garden.
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April in the Garden: Sunshine, Seedlings, and Little Helpers
After a couple of months of dreaming of the coming spring, April has arrived, and unlike last year, the sun has come out to play for most of the month. Since my previous update, the fourth raised bed has been installed, and I have made a good start on clearing the area for the greenhouse.…
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2024 Recap: The New Shed
IntroductionThis is not an advert. This is an account of our experience. When we first moved into our house in 2021, the previous owner had a large 10-foot-by-16-foot shed in the corner of the garden. Great! We thought—plenty of storage space. The plastic windows had degraded to the point where you couldn’t see through them…
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January – A new gardening year begins
A new year has arrived. Although the garden slumbers in the winter, there are signs of life everywhere. Spring bulbs are growing, even though I feel it is too early for them. In November, garlic and onions were planted in two raised beds, and they are growing well so far through this winter. However, I…
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Welcome to our Kitchen Garden
We moved into our lovely home in north Oxfordshire in June 2021. Over the last couple of years, we have been getting to know the garden, and in the last year, we have begun reworking it to accommodate our needs for playing, relaxing, and growing our own vegetables. In the past year, we have begun…
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