Mandy Watson
Mandy Watson is a freelance journalist, specialist gardening copywriter and plantaholic with roots firmly planted in working-class NE England. MandyCanUDigIt grew from the tiny seed of a Twitter account into this rainforest of information. Teesdale Mercury Magazine editor. Garden Media Guild and NUJ member. Mission statement: to make gardening more accessible to the often excluded - the less able, the hard-up or beginners. An advocate of gardening for better mental and physical health.
Pickled vegetables – Nelly Yeoman’s pickle
Classic home-made condiment
This recipe, echoing that classic Pan-Yan Pickle, is the pinnacle of pickled vegetables recipes in my opinion. It was contributed by Bev...
Tomato gluts – how to preserve your crop
Space-saving concentrate to keep you going during winter
Home-grown tomato gluts are a fact of life if you grow a reasonable amount of plants -...
Winter vegetable recipes – delicious and affordable
Fill your family on the cheap
Here are a few trial-and-error winter vegetable recipes I've created out of leftovers, inspired by restaurants past, or to save...
Runner bean gluts
Enjoying, not dreading, a bean feast
Summer runner bean gluts are a fact of life if you grow them, especially in a decent season. You’re...
Herbs and garlic in sauces and dips
Transform a meal with sauces and dips
The ultimate flavours to grow in small spaces are herbs and garlic, especially parsley, chives, and rocket, and...
Vegetable soup recipes from home-grown crops
Make some food for the soul - mostly vegetarian!
Soups are extremely comforting, nutritious and dirt cheap. Yet you can make them into something special...
