Met Eireann has issued a potato blight warning for the entire country this week and I'm currently freaking the hell out about what's going to happen to my poor spuds. A few people have asked me today what to do to protect their spuds when there a blight warning in effect so here's my esteemed … Continue reading A potato blight warning is in effect so here’s what to do
There's a fresher air in Dublin this week as late summer breezes by and autumn blows in. My summer of discontent has been and gone and much like the changing of the seasons, my life has shifted in to a brand new phase. It's been an arduous summer here at Fiona Grows Food, plagued with … Continue reading I dig therefore I am
Ahem. Testing. Testing. *taps microphone*....if there is anybody out there, Fiona is back. Repeat, Fiona is back. Return of the craic. I know my lovely readers will have been wailing, keening, sweating and puking with severe Fiona withdrawal symptoms of late. I know you have all been sitting at home, wondering where I've been; spending … Continue reading Citizen Kale
Parsnips are a great divider of opinion, you either love them or you hate them, there is no in between. I happen to adore parsnips, they're one of my favourite vegetables, especially when roasted with honey and fresh sage. Parsnips are the vegetable that converted me from a vegetable hater to a vegetable grower so … Continue reading Plants Bants: How to Grow Parsnips
Halloween is a scary time of year. Everywhere you look there are horror movies, monsters, ghosts, vampires and zombies. But perhaps the scariest thing about Halloween is that nobody really seems to know what it's about anymore. Now, don't get me wrong, I adore Halloween, it's one of my favourite times of the year. The … Continue reading A Super Natural Halloween
Hello lovely people. It's been a couple of weeks since I wrote anything on here, you might remember I wrote a little post about garden remedies for colds and flu? Well, rather ironically, I ended up with such a bad flu that - depsite all my lovely herbal remedies - morphed into a rather horrible … Continue reading Plants Bants: How To Grow Overwintering Garlic
There is one week every year, when the summer swiftly shifts gear into autumn. Sunshine takes a backseat to rain, elongated nights overtake the days and while the indicators have been signalling the end of summer for weeks, the seasons change lane in a matter of days. This is no three-point manouvre, no gentle tapping … Continue reading The Sudden Season
I've had a few requests lately for recipes. I have at times shared a recipe or two but I've decided to share a recipe a week on the blog in an effort to improve my cooking skills. Now, I'm not the best cook in the world (Fiona Burns Food) but I've really had to get … Continue reading Fiona Cooks Food: Courgette & Tomato Soup
One of my biggest pet peeves in the garden happens right around this time of year when I've harvested an entire bed of crops and then it lies empty until the following spring. There's nothing that annoys me more than an empty bed. Forever alone. Sob. While there are plenty of crops to plant over … Continue reading Green Manure: Why You Should Grow These Crops In Your Vegetable Garden
Last week, I wrote about how to grow your own strawberries and I received a few requests from readers to feature a post on growing courgettes. Courgettes are one of the staples of a vegetable garden, they are prolific croppers and supposedly very easy to grow. I had a brief embarrassing moment a couple of … Continue reading Plants Bants: How NOT To Grow Courgettes