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Terrific photos - just love home grown tomatoes and peppers

We currently have a glut of globe artichokes and this is a great surprise as we only planted the off-shoots last November. The following recipe for globe artichoke soup is a delicious way of using up some of our glut. The recipe provides enough to serve 4 and the soup is wonderfully rich...

Hi Marianne - just been looking at your blog, very good advice and information :weee

We have been growing tomatoes for 20 odd years and every year we cannot wait for our crop to start producing so we can stop buying those supermarket ones. Luckily here in Cyprus we are now starting to get our first ones...

If you are interested in growing herbs or starting a herb garden http://cyprusgardener.blogspot.com/2011/05/grow-your-own-herbs-how-to-plan-herb.html

Agree, mint tea is lovely and it's easy to dry. You can also put it straight into a small pot and bring to the boil.

If anybody fancies something different. Hellim is a traditional Cypriot cheese and is usually made with sheep or goat's milk. It is a white cheese with a distinctive layered texture which is enjoyed in Cyprus with watermelon and fresh bread during the summer months. It can also be grilled or...

Hers's a method we used for the first time this year and all germinated. Take 3 inch cuttings with a bud in the middle. Remove a slither of wood on the side opposite the bud. Insert the cuttings horizontally with the bud upwards in sand and peat and just cover. Place in a propagator and will...

The following is the recipe we use for Wholemeal Loaf: Ingredients: 1.1Kg of wholemeal flour; 3 tsp of salt; 15g of dried yeast; 2 teaspoons of sugar and 0.75 litres of warm water. 1. Add the sugar to the yeast with sufficient warm water. Cover and leave in a warm place to allow the yeast to...

Great idea - will have to give it a try

Agree great in the spring and summer to let in fresh air but in the winter we would turn into ice cubes :lol::lol:

It's on my list of to do things. It seems simple enough to build one.

Looks good will have to give it a try

Thanks for all the input. I think I will have to look at external units from which the heat is transfered into the house. Looks like the most popular design is the aluminium soda can type. Anybody got one attached to their home? All thoughts and ideas are appreciated

Excellent point but I am certain I saw one somewhere but I cannot find it again. It probably will not be as efficient as an outdoor collector but I see to remember that it still raised the temperature by a few degrees

Has anybody had any experience of passive solar room heaters? Has anybody got any simple instructions on how to build one which attaches to the inside of a window?