Spring is here (we hope!)

My garden (which is the size of a postage stamp) has gone bonkers in the last few days. My tomatoes have surfaced as have my chillies, The raspberries have leaves and the gooseberry has flowers. At the weekend I planted potatoes in bags made by the Beautiful Wife (The variety is pink fir apple). We planted some in September for Christmas eating. It appeared that they had died in the pre Christmas frosts but when I finally emptied the bags in January there were enough little spuds for three or four meals and they were delicious. I have been watching "Lambing Live" on BBC all this week. This should be compulsory viewing for all people who wish to eat meat. The care, attention and kindness shown to the animals on a well run farm is a perfect demonstration of what I tend to rave about on here. I'm not sure about the Organic certification or the Paper ethics of the featured farm but it is plain to anyone watching that the animals in that glorious location are well managed and cared for. Even more than this, there is Kate Humble for the men and Adam Hensen for the ladies.

What??

I made a decision when I started to write this blog that I would only put positive comments. However, I have been driven to break this rule. Oh Marco what have you done? Its true I'm afraid MPW is now advertising Bernard Matthews products. I feel like the whole world has been turned upside down. I haven't felt something was this wrong since Clive Woodward was working with football players. Come on people, there's more to food than just making money.