Sunday, 31 March 2024

The Delargo Gardens - March

Here we are again me dears with the March garden. Winter is over, hoorah! We have indeed had a mild March and everything is growing like mad.


Narcissus 'Tête-à-tête' gave us a massive hit of colour in February when we needed it but now it's the turn of the more elegant  Narcissus 'Thalia';


and the delightful Narcissus “Minnow”


Brunnera macrophylla “Alexanders Great”


Chionodoxa forbesei “Pink Giant” has not flowered well this year and might need replacing.


The first Tulip! We will have a lot more to see from them next month methinks.


There tiz me lovelies, now it's time to climb up into the Land Rover for a tour of our vast estate.






The Ipheion uniflorum are still flowering away -


 and looking fab;


as is Cyclamen coum
 

The wallflowers and Pansy.


To our great joy, three of our Fuchsia pots have been doubling-up as a nursery for self-sown fern seedlings. 


Donny is well chuffed


That's it for March then me darlins. We hope to see you back in the garden in April when I am sure there will be a lot more to see.

Till then me dears. 
It's Ttfn from Donny
and it's Ttfn from me

Toodle-loo and Pip Pip.

Saturday, 30 March 2024

Madam Arcati Cooks the Books #5; Delia Smith - Companion of Honour & CBE

 I can not express the respect and admiration I have for Delia (as a chef she has got me out of trouble many times). In recent times it seems to be fashionable to 'poo-poo' her - but since the early 70s until now with her 'Delia Online (Click)' her work has inspired and taught a nation how to cook fabulous food at home. Just in the UK the sales of her cookery books run to over 21.5 million.

Companion of Honour is a much higher order than that of Dame Commander of the British Empire and she is also has an O B E. but sadly can not be called 'Dame Delia'. I do anyway!

I am lucky enough to be able to have the most amazing butcher's based in Yorkshire that only uses rare and native breed animals that frolic on the Dales. I got a whole Breast of Lamb from them. Didn't know how to tackle it. I looked at loads of my 300 cookery books and online. Only Delia came up with the goods - God bless her. She got me out of trouble again !

Frugal Food 1976;  my edition is 2008


Once again Delia came to the rescue






And Leftovers !


 Flavour was amazing - why don't you give it a go?!

Ttfn