Articles written by Susan Morris

Author of Jekka's Complete Herb Book, Jekka McVicar presented a rereleased book on cooking with flowers in 2003. Here's a dip into the coverage and currency of the book.

Apr 23, 2009 - Susan Morris

Two ways of preserving elderflower, as syrup and sugar, will enable seasonal cooks to add floral flavouring to baking or making dressings for summer salads.

Apr 22, 2009 - Susan Morris

Native cowslips produce bright yellow nectar-rich flowers from early spring that can be added to edible flowers spring salads and preserved in sugar, syrup and vinegar.

Apr 22, 2009 - Susan Morris

Views of nature from windows improves health for some people in some places. Landscaping trees in the built environment is one way of ensuring more contact with nature.

Apr 21, 2009 - Susan Morris

Being ace at an internship and training at botanic gardens or arboreta can lead to successful appointments in horticultural therapy practice and therapeutic horticulture.

Apr 18, 2009 - Susan Morris

Safe and successful sessions in greenhouses and polytunnels, at the raised beds and other outdoor garden areas is at the heart of a community garden project.

Apr 17, 2009 - Susan Morris

Same garden space can produce more veg with some planning and intensive planting methods. Grow more vegetables from small garden space or expand using raised bed system.

Apr 17, 2009 - Susan Morris

Month of July can be the peak of a northern summer. Full of seasonal fruit and vegetable choices, July brings catch of the day, meat, game & poultry in season.

Apr 11, 2009 - Susan Morris

British produce for eating in season in the Springtime months March April and May includes loads of veggies, seafood, meat, game and poultry plus some fruit choices.

Apr 11, 2009 - Susan Morris

Promoting local food, new recipes and top chefs, the Great British Menu cookbook sets out its what's in season when for British produce. Here's a lowdown on June foods.

Apr 8, 2009 - Susan Morris

Identifying the tallest trees of New Zealand, in the North Island and South Island, needs to focus on leaves, flowers and fruit plus the estimated height of tall tree.

Apr 8, 2009 - Susan Morris

Reading "this product may contain lead shot" on food labelling of small hen pheasant in a farm shop, it's clear how the pheasants are despatched from field for the fork.

Apr 2, 2009 - Susan Morris

Largest containers for growing vegetables are raised beds. Specially built for vegetable gardening, a raised soil bed has advantages over open ground when growing peas.

Apr 2, 2009 - Susan Morris

Festival of Running offers guaranteed places in Loch Ness Marathon 4 October 2009, first come first served until 1 May 2009, to 'Run Home' in Year of Homecoming 2009.

Mar 31, 2009 - Susan Morris

Pectin is the nature 'glue' in plants that is what makes fruit jam set. Avoid disappointment when making fruit preserves by knowing the basic pectin content of fruits.

Mar 31, 2009 - Susan Morris

Making jam can involve plenty of fresh fruit and sugar, a large saucepan, wooden spoon, saucer and a rack of sterilised jars. Super jam comes from using kitchen gadgets.

Mar 30, 2009 - Susan Morris

Cooks willing to prepare red gurnard, increasing in popularity as a conservationist's white fish, may like to cook up a seafood casserole using red gurnard with prawns.

Mar 23, 2009 - Susan Morris

Knowing how to test for setting point is crucial in the science and art of making jams, jellies and marmalades.

Mar 22, 2009 - Susan Morris

Loganberries harvested as just ripe fruits can make a well-set jam without extras like lemon juice or pectin.

Mar 21, 2009 - Susan Morris

Elder trees, growing all over the United States, western Asia and Europe, produce indigo black small berry fruits around early autumn that preserve successfully as jelly.

Mar 20, 2009 - Susan Morris

Covering rhubarb crowns with a pot over the colder months is at the heart of 'forcing' rhubarb. Forcing rhubarb produces earlier stems that are tender and sweeter to eat.

Mar 19, 2009 - Susan Morris

Cold sweet dishes Rhubarb Shape and Rhubarb Jelly, recipes from 1930, can use up generous quantities of forced rhubarb from late spring and into early summer.

Mar 18, 2009 - Susan Morris

An abundant summer supply of garden peas are cooked up as a soup, supper and a side dish with loads of fresh garden herbs including basil, flat-leaf parsley and mint.

Mar 11, 2009 - Susan Morris

Cowslips (Primula veris) readily self seed in Spring. Gardeners can use propagation methods to encourage cowslips to grow in their backyard woodlands and meadow gardens.

Mar 11, 2009 - Susan Morris

Wood sage (Salvia nemorosa) cultivars can be a gardener's magnet attracting beneficial insects including bees and butterflies to their nectar-rich stands of flowers.

Mar 11, 2009 - Susan Morris

Herb growers can cram scores of different varieties of culinary herbs into a small space. Evergreen herbs rosemary and sage are versatile culinary herbs for propagation.

Mar 9, 2009 - Susan Morris

Hardy herb sage produces evergreen leaves throughout winter. A handful of sage leaves, hot oil in a pan and tempura batter will create finger food for winter parties.

Mar 9, 2009 - Susan Morris

Overwintering Teasel attracts small birds, like buntings, goldfinches, sparrows, to its super-sized brown seedheads. Gardeners can encourage self-sowing teasel in spring.

Feb 15, 2009 - Susan Morris

Rediscover nature this spring and get children involved in planting a wild flower mix, such as 'Farmer's Nightmare', to create a small meadow in an English garden.

Feb 14, 2009 - Susan Morris

Early spring-flowering snowdrops planted in Scottish gardens and woodlands gardens may help beat wintertime blues of visitors to the Scottish Snowdrop Festival 2009.

Feb 12, 2009 - Susan Morris

Early start, cold ambience, smells of the sea. It appears straightforward what to expect at a fish market. There is more to how to dress and set out for buying fish.

Feb 10, 2009 - Susan Morris

Decorative arts of the sixteenth and seventeenth century inspired knot gardens. Garden historians can visit Garden Museum's knot-style garden, being restored, in London.

Feb 3, 2009 - Susan Morris

When bags of sweet chestnuts are in abundant supply, make up industrial sized batches of this hot sweet chestnut soup to warm up one cold days.

Feb 2, 2009 - Susan Morris

Set in the former St Mary-at-Lambeth parish Church in London, the Garden Museum has a vegetarian café, bookshop, knot-style gardens and exhibitions to charm visitors.

Feb 1, 2009 - Susan Morris

Fish chefs, working with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Rick Stein and Nick Nairn, will be demonstrating and coaching on seafood cookery courses across UK in March 2009.

Jan 19, 2009 - Susan Morris

Queensland morning staple, raisin toast, is a fruit-packed brekkie or brunch choice. Confident breadmakers will be able to bake fruit bread for breakfast toasting.

Jan 18, 2009 - Susan Morris

Discounted to £4.50 this week, Delia Smith's book, Frugal Food, encourages less wasting of food. Frugal cookery is also the focus of Fiona Beckett's book, now £9.74.

Jan 18, 2009 - Susan Morris

Red gurnard growing in popularity with the British public, sells at premium prices at fish markets and from fishmongers. Here's the low down on red gurnard in Britain.

Jan 14, 2009 - Susan Morris

Organiser of the largest wine and spirits exhibition in the world, Vinexpo has published new figures suggesting that UK is the world's main wine importer.

Jan 14, 2009 - Susan Morris

Striking seafood pastry dish, the Cornish Stargazey Pie, delivers plenty of omega-3s from pilchards or sardines.

Jan 12, 2009 - Susan Morris

Hold the blue cheese dressing. Summer gooseberries are a sharp sweet hot fruity dressing over organic chicken breast, greens and leaves making a signature hot salad.

Jan 4, 2009 - Susan Morris

Rosemary's hardiness, aroma and versatility as a culinary herb is an asset to cooks. Here's an introduction to some chefs' recipes using rosemary in roasts and baking.

Jan 2, 2009 - Susan Morris

Aromatic Rosemary leaves are a final touch to a recipe for a bloomer bread loaf. Using strong white or wholemeal flour, this rosemary bread recipe is tried and tested.

Jan 2, 2009 - Susan Morris

Gardening experts hold different views on allowing green shoots to develop on seed potato tubers before planting. Many kitchen gardeners value chitting practices.

Dec 14, 2008 - Susan Morris

Forty-eight certified varieties of Scottish seed potatoes, with white cream yellow flesh colour, are available to buy for planting in vegetable gardens and allotments.

Dec 14, 2008 - Susan Morris

Cayenne and black pepper brings out the prawn buttery coating to this mid season Musselburgh leeks and Scottish langoustines penne supper dish.

Dec 12, 2008 - Susan Morris

Some apple cultivars have great resilience to their insect enemies living in the backyard garden. Understand bad apples with this guide to common orchard problems.

Dec 9, 2008 - Susan Morris

Early and maincrop varieties of peas sown in the ground face five common pests and disease in the kitchen garden as the plants try to grow to maturity.

Dec 9, 2008 - Susan Morris

Successive sowing of garden peas sugarsnap and mangetout will produce a constant supply of peas until early summer. Here's a guide to sowing peas in early spring.

Dec 8, 2008 - Susan Morris

Late winter/early spring sowing of celeriac seed will deliver mature vegetables to eat in winter. Here's a guide to setting seed, planting out and cultivating celeriac.

Dec 7, 2008 - Susan Morris

Celeriac has a soft texture and celery taste for roasting, braising, frying and boiling. Underneath the unusual and rough exterior, celeriac is an agile ingredient.

Dec 7, 2008 - Susan Morris

Time Magazine includes bionic hand i-LIMB, made in Scotland, on its list of the top innovations of 2008. How the bionic hand developed commercially is charted.

Nov 6, 2008 - Susan Morris

Baked gammon with roast ham, salt beef and other cold cuts of meat makes a quick lunch or supper during Christmas vacation. Hot Citrus Gammon will warm up any meal.

Nov 5, 2008 - Susan Morris

Spending time to research volunteering for outdoors work in Italy will deliver riches in vacation/work balance. Six services for volunteering in Italy are introduced.

Nov 4, 2008 - Susan Morris

Many Christmas lunches and dinners will include a roast bird. Buying and roasting a whole goose for Christmas Day can be an alternative to buying a whole turkey bird.

Nov 3, 2008 - Susan Morris

Researching poultry farmers online and asking around at the local farmers market can bring dividends in buying poultry including turkey direct from the farmer.

Nov 3, 2008 - Susan Morris

Cock-a-Leekie Soup is often served at St Andrew's Night November dinners and at the start of a Burns Supper. Here's a basic recipe for cooking up Cock-a-Leekie soup.

Nov 2, 2008 - Susan Morris

The Unicorn is Found, the fourth Hunt of the Unicorn tapestry goes on display at Stirling Castle Scotland this year with a free viewing on December 4, 2008.

Nov 2, 2008 - Susan Morris

Many households will order by early December a frozen whole turkey birds ready for Christmas. Once defrosted, here's how to roast a whole turkey bird.

Nov 1, 2008 - Susan Morris

Cooking a traditional roast turkey with herb or nut stuffing, rich meaty gravy and roasted vegetables can be central to Christmas. Here's how to buy and cook turkey.

Nov 1, 2008 - Susan Morris

Preparing for Christmas can be left last minute with these uncomplicated dipping hot sauces for fresh fruit. There's a choice of three recipes for Christmas sauces.

Oct 31, 2008 - Susan Morris

Waiheke Island can be reached by sea and air from Auckland City. Every trip to the North Island should include food and wine appreciation on Waiheke Island.

Oct 30, 2008 - Susan Morris

Wine appreciation on a trip to New Zealand can include Auckland City. International visitors can find wineries located close to Auckland City driving by rental car.

Oct 30, 2008 - Susan Morris

Creating a cheeseboard can be overwhelming due to sheer choice. Three American cheeses of distinction to select and buy for creating a cheeseboard are introduced.

Oct 28, 2008 - Susan Morris

In The Cheese Room, cheesemonger Patricia Michelson makes her choice of seven Irish cheeses for putting together a cheeseboard of artisan cheeses from Ireland.

Oct 28, 2008 - Susan Morris

Luxury can be found in a short stopover in Auckland while touring New Zealand. Contemporary Hilton Auckland and traditional hotel The Langham Auckland are introduced.

Oct 27, 2008 - Susan Morris

Fresh celeriac will be available in the Winter months in the northern hemisphere. Apple and celeriac salad and chunky celeriac chips recipes use one celeriac in cooking.

Oct 27, 2008 - Susan Morris

A recipe for cake slices of a delicate vanilla mousse sponge sitting underneath a sugary apple crust. Best served warm and fresh for afternoon tea.

Oct 27, 2008 - Susan Morris

Save all the seeds from inside winter squashes and pumpkins this year and with one week's preparation the seeds can be stored and will be ready to sow in the springtime.

Oct 23, 2008 - Susan Morris

Costa Adeje offers winter sun and five star hotels in Tenerife with a choice of luxurious outdoor activities and designer shopping for a Christmas vacation.

Oct 21, 2008 - Susan Morris

Perennial Lapageria rosea, Chilean Bell Flower or Copihue, produces striking pink waxy blooms as it climbs on a semi-shaded wall and makes a statement as a climber.

Oct 20, 2008 - Susan Morris

Perennial Cortaderia selloana, or Pampas grass, throws out stunning feathery plumes offering height and spectacular sights to borders from October into November.

Oct 20, 2008 - Susan Morris

Fresh figs are oven dried and apricots blended with autumn quince to create two distinct fruit spreads or jams for warming Fall breakfasts.

Oct 19, 2008 - Susan Morris

October's fresh figs are mouthwateringly lush in a fruit and nut platter. Easy to transform into dried fruits, figs are historical cuisine from Ancient Greece.

Oct 18, 2008 - Susan Morris

Two dessert recipes using fresh figs in October produce a hot and chilled selection for dinner guests.

Oct 16, 2008 - Susan Morris

Setting up an apple orchard and becoming a fruit grower is challenging and exciting. An apple grower has horticultural essentials to do in fall, springtime and summer.

Oct 15, 2008 - Susan Morris

Cooks can make this warming apple curry recipe with cooking apples, tomatoes, onions, garlic, spices and coconut for an evening supper.

Oct 14, 2008 - Susan Morris

An awareness about how apple tree rootstocks affect the size of apple trees will help gardeners buying dwarfing or semi-dwarfing apple trees to plant out in fall/winter.

Oct 14, 2008 - Susan Morris

Apples, on fruit trees grown in orchards, open yards and in containers, should be ripe and ready for harvesting and storing in October. Here's what to do this month.

Oct 13, 2008 - Susan Morris

Growing apple trees as container plants can reduce garden pests and disease and improve edible apple crops. Here's how to start growing apples in container gardens.

Oct 13, 2008 - Susan Morris

A gardener who buys fruit to grow in a particular space in his backyard without understanding a microclimate may set himself up to fail in producing edible crops.

Oct 10, 2008 - Susan Morris

Shanghai is recognised as an Art Deco city with increasing numbers of travellers with a passion for art, architecture and social history visiting the city of Shanghai.

Oct 10, 2008 - Susan Morris

Visitors making their tour of Scottish castles can view the work of Historic Scotland gardeners at Castle Campbell Gardens overlooking Dollar Glen.

Oct 7, 2008 - Susan Morris

Visitors to Dollar near Stirling, Scotland can enjoy Historic Scotland's Castle Campbell and Gardens. Visiting Castle Campbell can include hill walking in Dollar Glen.

Oct 7, 2008 - Susan Morris

Travelling through the Hillfoots villages on A91 road to Dollar Scotland brings a rewarding walk in Dollar Glen, Scottish landscape and a spectacular Scottish castle.

Oct 6, 2008 - Susan Morris

Visual artists visiting Scotland can hire studio space in cities including Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and towns including Nairn in the Highlands.

Oct 6, 2008 - Susan Morris

Warm fresh blackberries and apple under a crisp oat crumble is a comforting hot pudding for colder evenings. Here's an tasty crumble recipe with stunning textures.

Oct 5, 2008 - Susan Morris

This October weekend, Wasps is "exhibiting artists' work...where they work" in 14 studios across Scotland. Over 100 painting artists are showing their art work for sale.

Oct 4, 2008 - Susan Morris

October brings a plentiful supply of cooking apples and floury potatoes, the essential fresh ingredients to bake a Pratie Apple Pie, an Irish traditional food.

Oct 4, 2008 - Susan Morris

Irish apple cake could win a local Apple Festival baking competition this month. A traditional Irish food, Apple Cake is a classic recipe for Halloween feasting.

Oct 4, 2008 - Susan Morris

In Scotland, Wasps first opened artists' studio doors in 2002. This weekend artists designing art jewellery, goldsmithing and silversmithing will showcase their work.

Oct 3, 2008 - Susan Morris

Windfall Apple Cake makes good use of ripe apples wanting to be cooked. The recipe follows for a light fruit sponge cake that can be served warm or cold.

Oct 2, 2008 - Susan Morris

Windfalls of apples greet backyard orchardists every October morning. Apple enthusiasts at Botanic Gardens and at Apple Festivals will be celebrating this month.

Oct 2, 2008 - Susan Morris

A lychee, grape and cranberry recipe for making 'eyeballs' cup for a Halloween children's party are joined by 'lumpy' red soup and soft wholemeal rolls like 'stones'.

Sep 30, 2008 - Susan Morris

Travellers to Milan or Milano Italy can feast on the 'Art Deco' architectural delights including Cà Brutta by Giovanni Muzio and Palazzo Montecatini by Gio Ponti.

Sep 29, 2008 - Susan Morris

Fine Art Deco Buildings can be overlooked on a whistle-stop tour of Sweden. Visitors to Sweden should view the City Hall in Stockholm on an Art Deco architectural tour.

Sep 29, 2008 - Susan Morris

Barm Brack, a classic Irish cake made with spices and fruit, can feature as a traditional Hallowe'en cake in family celebrations in North America and Ireland.

Sep 25, 2008 - Susan Morris

Potatoes are the cornerstone of the Irish traditional recipes Colcannon and Champ. With the main season's potatoes available, here's how to make a Colcannon and a Champ.

Sep 22, 2008 - Susan Morris

Fall lamb, compared to eating lamb in spring, has a stronger developed flavour that works well with spices. Two recipes for autumn lamb burgers and meatballs follow.

Sep 22, 2008 - Susan Morris

Quince fruit produced from true quince and ornamental quince trees takes longer than other tree fruits crops to cook as a hot dessert. Here's three ways with quince.

Sep 22, 2008 - Susan Morris