The Kitchen's Garden

January 13, 2012

Hiding Out from the Blizzard in The Barn

It is 14F (–10C) this morning. Snow on the ground. Yesterday we were locked inside with a blizzard hurling itself around outside. It was about 18F all day. Snow flew in swirls through the fields past the buildings and straight out across the plains. It seemed very certain of its path that snow. We were…

January 12, 2012

How to take beautiful photographs for your blog with an ordinary camera

I am an ordinary photographer, with an ordinary old Nikon. Nothing special. No fancy pancy. People say to me “How do you do that? What kind of camera do you have?” So I thought I would jot down a few of the things I have learnt about taking photographs. I don’t want to sound arrogant.…

January 11, 2012

The Original Mumma Munch Recipe

What do you mean you can’t read that! This is the recipe my mother wrote into my recipe book years ago, before she died. Well, obviously Before she died, I mean, if she had written it After she had died this would be a very different story!! Anyway, this was before cell phones and computers…

January 10, 2012

Foolishly depending on a Frost and seeking the Red of a Barn.

You see we have had such lovely crunchy frosts the last few days and I decided last night, in all my wisdom, that this morning I would get out the macro and slither across the freezing ground and shoot through the frosted garden into the glow of a rising sun. Oh what heavenly shots of…

January 9, 2012

10 Questions Answered and a few bloggers tagged.

Mandy from The Complete Cook Book has tagged me to answer these 10 questions. As usual I thought this would be a breeze, but I had to THINK! Thinking is hard. Now that you have finished admiring my three citrus marmalade. Without further ado, lets get to work. 1. Describe yourself in seven words. How about I…