Nigel Slater

I grew up surrounded by country lanes full of primroses. I fear I took them for granted in those days. Such a treat having some in the garden.

I love mimosa!

Quite a good year for crocuses in my garden, but they didn’t like the torrential rain. Lots of flowers but they didn’t last long.

That sounds blissful.

Thank you! That is very lovely to hear.

Mine are under an apple tree too. They seem happy there. Quite sheltered and lots of leaf mould.

A few clumps, but they struggled this year with the rain. Barely a day without it.

Yes, clay originally but now lightened by several years of mulching and leaf mould, so a little better than when I moved in.

So pretty!

I’m really hoping they will spread too.

A bunch of pale yellow primroses and their green leaves against a background of dried leaves, twigs and rotted bark at the bottom of my London garden.

I’m usually away at this time of year, invariably missing the moment when the primroses start blooming at the bottom of the garden. It is difficult to think of a plant that carries the hope and freshness of spring the way a primrose does. Worth staying home for.

Thank you!

🙏 the bacon is so good with the oats. 😊

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It has been such a good week for greens. I was spoilt for choice. Also came back with two bunches of purple sprouting and a ridiculously big cabbage!

Thank you. Just the sort of gold my garden needs. (Crocuses on their way.)

Two earthenware bowls, filled with a casserole of onions, herbs, pork sausages, haricot bens and broccoli. They sit on an old pine table.

For a freezing January day such as this, my sausage and beans supper. In my Kitchen Diary on the Observer App.

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Thank you so much.

That looks so good.

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Hi Katie, that was made about 15 years ago and I honestly haven’t a clue. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen them before. They look as if they are halves of ravioli ready to stuffed! So sorry not be able to help. I’m as mystified as you. If I find out I’ll be in touch. 😊

Thank you Lucy.

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Those filo pastries! 🤩

A pile of apple and Stilton puffs sits above a bowl of yellow onion chutney and a bunch of Fragola grapes. A single cheese puff sits on brown Korean clay plate by potter Steve Harrison.

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