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 be...
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’...
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 aski...
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. Plus, ...
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, ...
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 . . .
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 whi...
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. Polli...
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 Out̵...
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 Nu...
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 wh...
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 th...
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.
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 veg...
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 vegetab...
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 ra...
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 search...
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 replay...
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 vegetab...
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 Creamed...
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, blueb...
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 ju...
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 ...
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 leaves,...
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 a...
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 ...
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