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Comment on COLLECTING CHIVE SEEDS by David

David — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:59:48 +0000

We’ve also been dividing our chive bed each year, as well as cutting it back to encourage a second flowering during the summer. It’s just that Didi is fascinated with collecting seed at the moment. Yesterday, she was collecting all the marigold seeds from our companion planted vegetable bed. I guess they’ll be a post about this too in the coming weeks.

Comment on COLLECTING CHIVE SEEDS by Petra Hoyer Millar

Petra Hoyer Millar — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:42:46 +0000

Chives are such lovely things. We have long rows of it, but never let it seed. We cut it down about 3 times from spring to summer to keep them fresh and useable. We therefore, don’t seed but split plants to ensure they remain healthy.

Comment on ANOTHER TOMATO MOUNTAIN by Didi

Didi — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:42:19 +0000

I hate it when things like that happen…But they do. You spend months nurturing your plants, and then they don’t produce anything, it’s almost heart-breaking. We get that with the plums (one good year is usually followed by a bad one), but so far we’ve been lucky with the tomatoes, especially given the UK climate.
I hope you get a bumper crop of tomatoes next year…Then we can compare notes and exchange yummy recipes

Comment on ANOTHER TOMATO MOUNTAIN by Didi

Didi — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:37:44 +0000

A lot of our ripe tomatoes have gone down the cheese sandwich way…Lightly toasted in the oven, almost like little pizzas…Yummy! Next time we’ll remember to add some oregano, too.
Thanks for the tip, Sara, and so sorry for the late reply

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Comment on I USED TO HATE POTATOES by David

David — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:36:17 +0000

My brother loves mash – quite the opposite to me – he eats mountains of the stuff. Anyway, I’m cured now. I’ll try to catch him up.

Comment on I USED TO HATE POTATOES by sara

sara — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:10:30 +0000

hahah, so funny. I loved mashed. but many a time I was the only one left sitting at the table until I ate that most horrible baked potatoe on my plate. I couldnt leave the table till I did. Torchure.

Comment on ANOTHER TOMATO MOUNTAIN by Jo Bryant

Jo Bryant — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:18:52 +0000

Wow – last year here for some reason I was lucky to get a tomato of my plants – apparently everyone here had the same problem – I am hoping things go better this year. That way i can stock up on the soup too…

Comment on ANOTHER TOMATO MOUNTAIN by sara

sara — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:06:51 +0000

WoW! That is unbelievable! I wish I could grow them like that. I’d be making dozens of tomato sandwiches lightly grilled with cheese and oregano.

Comment on TOMATO OVERLOAD by City-Smallholder

City-Smallholder — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:27:32 +0000

I thought you’d recognise George’s feet…He’s a very keen gardener, as you know.
Yep, tomatoes seem to like us…We’ve got loads and loads of them everywhere in the house, and there are still plenty in the garden. We can’t keep up with them, so we’ve started delivering some to other people in our family and to our friends. Plus, I’m planning to make some green tomato chutney next week or the week after, as the weather’s getting colder and I can’t leave the tomatoes on the plant for much longer.