Save the Bees and Dance!

Two years ago I posted a dance video about bees that showed how bees do a special dance when they find a good source of nectar. It was a brilliant, fun way to get people engaged with the plight of...

My First Courgette Plant!

This year in my tiny garden I am growing courgettes (zucchini) for the first time. One solitary seedling was planted in mid May and this is what it looks like today. Take a closer look and you’ll...

Do You Cook ‘Britain’s Best Dish’?

The team behind the ITV show Britain’s Best Dish is currently looking for applicants! If you have a passion for cooking why not give it a go? This week I was approached by someone from ITV asking...

Even Crafters Like Vegetables

On a lazy Sunday morning, one of my favourite websites to browse is the ever-growing UK crafters market, Folksy. For me, Folksy satisfies my urge to constantly find something new and creative....

Vegging Out’s Easter Weekend Guide

EAT Purple sprouting broccoli WHY: Purple sprouting broccoli has a fairly short season in the UK from around mid February to mid April. It’s tasty, colourful and full of nutrients. Get it now,...

Bees Dance When They Find Nectar . . .

When bees find a good source of nectar they return to the hive and perform a unique dance for their hive mates. This fun, 2-minute dance video uses music and choreography inspired by bees . . .

Finally a Solution for Food Waste

At last, there’s something I can do about my food waste. It was always frustrating to me that I couldn’t compost it. I had seriously considered a Green Cone and a Bokashi bin, both of which are...

Why Bees Are Important to Our Food Crops

So what’s all the fuss about bees? Bees help to pollinate a wide range of food crops, including fruits, nuts, spices and vegetables. Without bees, food production would fall dramatically....

Vegging Out’s Year of the Bee

This year at Vegging Out there’s a buzz in the air – or rather, I am hoping there will be a buzz in the air. Inspired by Damian Grounds of Help Save Bees, I’m making 2010 Vegging Out’s Year of the...

New Posts Coming Soon

Regular visitors to this blog will know that I haven’t been writing many new posts over the last couple of months. This is because, alongside my full-time job, I am also training to become a...

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The iPhone App that Tells You What’s in Season

Eating with the seasons is one of the best ways to get the optimum nutrition and taste from your food. But when you’re sitting in that restaurant or visiting your local shop, how do you know which...

Guide to Buying Fruit and Vegetables in Season

At supermarkets we can get most fruits and vegetables all-year round no matter what the season, but buying out of season comes at a price, including lower nutritional quality and greater burden on...

Radish Seeds Sprouting – time-lapse video

It’s amazing how fast radishes grow. This YouTube video brilliantly captures the germination and sprouting process. The camera was set to take one frame every 14 minutes, 24 seconds over 9 days.

The Cost of Buying Out-of-Season Fruit and Veg

At supermarkets today we can get most fruits and vegetables all-year round no matter what the season. Convenient, yes, but what are we really getting when we choose to buy out-of-season fruit and...

Lettuce – the Natural Diuretic, Sedative and Beauty Ingredient

If there was a poll for most boring vegetable surely lettuce would win a place near the top. With this in mind, Vegging Out has taken a pledge to give this humble and largely overlooked salad...

10 Tasty Lettuce Recipes

Lettuce – like the radish – is another one of those vegetables that people associate with salad and salad only. And even though the lettuce has got a lot going for it (especially if you’re a...

How to Find Local Food Producers in the US

I am conscious that many of the visitors to Vegging Out are from the United States, so for this post I wanted to focus on finding local fruit and vegetable suppliers in the US. I’ve been searching...

See How Fruit and Vegetables Decompose

I found an interesting time-lapse video on YouTube, which shows how fruit and vegetables degrade over a period of 74 days. One photograph was taken every 40 minutes to make this film, which is...

Radish Seeds – 42 Days After Planting

The last time I photographed the progress of my radish seeds was 13 days after planting. 29 days later, this is the result. The seedlings pictured in the previous photo have gone to the great...

10 Tasty Tomato Recipes

1• Chilli Tomato Jelly Use to accompany cheese or white fish, add to pasta or bread. Packed with antioxidants from tomato, lemons and chillies. (www.waitrose.com) 2• Rosemary Tomato Tart With...

Tomatoes and Lycopene

When it comes to ’superfoods’, tomatoes are among the most accessible. They are easy to find in the shops and not prohibitively expensive like other superfoods such as pomegranates, blueberries or...

Train Your Brain and Feed the Hungry at the Same Time

The Free Rice website runs a series of free multiple-choice games, which are a fun way to pass a spare minute and give your brain a good workout. There’s no signing in and no joining up, you just...

10 Tasty Radish Recipes

Radishes are more versatile than most of us give them credit for. Granted, they are lovely in a fresh salad, but I think it’s time to give the radish a new image. In anticipation of harvesting my...

All Things Radish – History, Growing and Nutrition

Thirteen days after planting, my radish seeds have germinated, despite the threat of being dug up by the cats and dogs of the neighbourhood. My seedlings have pairs of lush green heart-shaped...

Planting Seeds

A couple of weeks ago I reclaimed some planting space in my small garden when a tree fell over due to the weight of snow. Excited at the prospect of growing some food, I headed to the garden centre...

Kinky Veg – Coming to a Supermarket Near You This Summer

From July 2009 you may notice a few changes in your supermarket’s produce aisle – things are getting ugly. Fruit and veg are undergoing an image change thanks to the recent update of an EU law and...