鄭立勳 。常滿。Bountiful。Mandy Cheng

From end of spring until now I have been collecting Rugosa rose petals, the wild variety of rose with lovely fragrance and colour. They are ...

Seasoned lamb lap with Koji salt, black pepper for a day and on to spit roasting, for 1.5hrs, wonderful way to enjoy a gorgeous evening.  Ko...

A new veg this year, direct sow into open bed, and grows well in this heat without bolting, yet. A bit like spinach in texture but more like...

Our yearly whole lamb purchase from neighbour’s family farm, to be cut up into portions: -2 gigots -2 front legs -2 saddles -2 laps -4 racks...

During such glorious hot summer with no rain in sight, honey bees have been busy in collecting nectar. We have to take some honey combs out ...

I got 3 sweet potatoes half buried in greenhouse to produce slips, to be transplanted around. Turns out to be a great way to have many young...

喜歡吃支豆，是青嫩時的黃豆，趁新鮮時快煮，特別甜美，是那類要自己種才容易吃到那獨特鮮甜。 四月在溫室小盆內埋下種子，來自英國的種子，以前在法國種得好好的，這幾年在愛爾蘭都未能發芽，今年亦如是。 五月改用在日本買的種子，前年成功長大，但葉多豆少，吃不了多少。可惜又失敗，豆子在泥內腐...

I love to eat edamame, but have trouble germinating in Ireland in the last couple years. This year I tried sowing using seed from Japan in A...

Another heatwave in Ireland, 28˚C, hot enough not to want to cook. Gather some pre-cooked veg and sauces to make this simple lunch, complete...

Other than raspberry, strawberry, cherry, blue berry and fig are, finally, all ready to harvest in the heat.  On the veg side, I have the fi...

After a month, the jar of honey fermented elderflower, ginger and lemon slices have stopped bubbling, meaning it is ready to be bottled and ...

There is a plan to convert one of the old rail line in Connemara into a Greenway for biking and walking, and at the moment, only 8KM is fini...

From Clair island, we drove south around countryside dotted with lakes, where there are no house at all, only sheep and grazing fields, a ty...