Tag Archives: allotment
FIRST EVER BEETROOT RELISH
What is there to do when the weather’s turned cold, it hasn’t stopped raining for days and the garden’s gone into hibernation? How do you fill your spare time – however little it may be – now that the growing … Continue reading
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COLLECTING CHIVE SEEDS
Remember when we wrote about the lovely chives reigning in our front garden? How they’ve put up a beautiful display of purple for months, from spring until mid-September? How they flowered not once, but twice? Well, those days of glory are now over. … Continue reading
Filed under GROW VEGETABLES
ANOTHER TOMATO MOUNTAIN
Last year, in the wake of a bumper tomato crop, we coined the phrase “Tomato Mountain Soup”. This was born out of the necessity to do something with a seemingly endless and ever increasing supply of tomatoes. Making a soup … Continue reading
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TOMATO OVERLOAD
It’s almost mid-September, which can only mean one thing: we’re overloaded with tomatoes again. Every year, we rely on our tomato plants to produce a heavy crop of glossy, beautiful fruit that will carry us until the end of autumn. … Continue reading
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PLUM JAM, HERE I COME
Earlier this summer, we were writing about our high expectations of a nice harvest from the neighbour’s plum tree. Remember that post? Well, for once our expectations were justified and our prayers answered. A couple of weeks ago, the poor … Continue reading
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