Maison Bleue

There have been homegrown tomatoes for Xmas in The Backyard Pharmacy at Maison Bleue for the first time. Construction of mini hot houses over my big metal tubs beat the last of the frosts and saw the Roma tomatoes flourish, extending our tomato season as the heritage varieties planted have now also kicked in. Tomatoes' [...]

They say that the best laid plans often come unstuck, and so it has been at Maison Bleue this year thus far. Planned autumn gardening activities have become the winter catch up due to an ‘event' that means we now have a large amount of floorboards and building materials that have provided a new ‘palace' [...]