Kiwifruit – wonder fruit

Ditch the vitamin supplements – one golden kiwifruit contains more than double the recommended daily intake of Vitamin C, and is rich in Vitamin E.

Ditch the vitamin supplements – one golden kiwifruit contains more than double the recommended daily intake of Vitamin C, and is rich in Vitamin E.

A Kiwi gardener’s favourite – you can ignore it, and it just keeps on growing! Read how to make the most of it.

Dates are seriously good for you. True!

They might look like apples in this picture, but they’re just foolin’ wid ya!

Have you seen these cutsey bundles of garlic in a shop near you? How good are you at reading labels?

Most of us have heard of cock-a-leekie (a Scottish soupy stew made with chicken and leeks) but hat-a-leekie is something else. Why anyone would want to wear a leek in their hat is beyond me.

Though it seems just like yesterday, it was in fact 40 years ago that I spent a week walking the hills of Crete.
A striking memory is the aromatic scents that rose all around us as we crushed wild thyme and oregano underfoot. The oregano was ‘rigani’, origanum vulgare (hirtum). Bit of a gob-full, I suppose, but the last name (hirtum) is pretty important.
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