{"id":96360,"date":"2020-05-07T13:07:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T12:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/?p=96360"},"modified":"2020-05-07T13:08:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T12:08:10","slug":"baking-gardening-and-another-movie-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/julia-roberts\/julia-roberts\/baking-gardening-and-another-movie-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Baking, gardening and another movie night\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

There were lots of comments both on here and on my Instagram re the jam or cream first on scones debate. I\u2019ve also had a couple of requests for my recipe which you\u2019ll find later in the blog. No takers for the film we were watching on movie night, though \u2013 it was D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu, but there is a much easier film to guess also later in this blog. But I thought I\u2019d start this week with the exciting news that the Richard Jackson lily bulbs finally arrived late on Saturday afternoon, complete with Richard Jackson compost, and they were in the pot by lunchtime on Sunday. This photo was taken with Philip Kingsley Elasticizer<\/a> in my hair – it\u2019s great to leave in for a while to give hair some extra TLC at home.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

It\u2019s a little bit late now to have the \u2018official\u2019 lily growing competition between the presenters that had been planned, but I\u2019m sure we will all be keeping an eye on progress on each other\u2019s social media. I posted a photo with a ruler, just for a bit of fun, as I can\u2019t see the numbers when I\u2019m not wearing my glasses, and Simon Biagi took the bait!! I hope mine do okay now.<\/p>\n

Actually, it\u2019s a shame that the Richard Jackson<\/a> Root Booster Today\u2019s Special Value doesn\u2019t launch until tomorrow at 9 p.m. \u2013 a scattering of that around the bulbs would have settled them in well I\u2019m sure. Still, there is plenty of the gardening season to go and it\u2019s a really good offer. Thanks to Richard not only for the great Today\u2019s Special Value offer, but also for the bulbs. And while we are talking about our amazing gardening<\/a> guests, we have a new one joining QVC for the first time with me on Saturday\u2019s Lunchtime Show. Keen gardeners among you will, I\u2019m sure, recognise Mark Lane from his appearances presenting BBC Gardeners\u2019 World \u2013 I\u2019m looking forward to yet more professional gardening tips. I don\u2019t need any tips for the tree fern though \u2013 here is the latest photo taken this morning. Two more weeks and some of the fronds will have unfurled completely.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

So, on to food, which a lot of us seem to have been focusing on during lockdown. Dan\u2019s girlfriend Katie is working from home (our home) but still mucks in with cooking dinners at weekends. This was Saturday\u2019s offering, a Thai Massaman Curry, which was absolutely delicious\u2026 tasty but not blowing your head off hot!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

She also made a fruity rice pudding dessert with fresh mango, as we were almost out of scones.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

The great Cornwall v Devon debate will continue re jam or cream first, but you have to have decent scones to start with. This was a recipe from my old Bero cookbook, the one I was on the cover of when I was aged ten, but slightly amended by me.<\/p>\n

Fruit Scones<\/p>\n