Tomato harvest
8 September 2011
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Today I made tomato sauce. I have tried many tomato sauce recipes but the best in my opinion is Sarah Ravens Really rich tomato sauce recipe page 277 of her garden book, although I do fry off the tomato puree with the onion before I pop in the chopped tomatoes etc. I grow my tomatoes along the wall underneath my kitchen window mainly because they get more attention if they are right under our feet. This year I grew huge Costoluto Fiorentino, Gardeners Delight and sweet red and yellow cherry. I now have to find a recipe for the chilly looking green tomatoes left on the vine. …READ MORE…
Sweet Peas
25 August 2011
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The sweet peas stand at the bottom of the allotment nearest the river in the middle of the herb bed. They seem to like it here. This year they clamber majestically up hazel poles after I discovered, earlier this year, a hazel tree nearby. They are the ultimate english cut and come again summer bloom, and sooooo pretty. …READ MORE…
Custard Squash
24 August 2011
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I was rummaging around at the bottom of the borlotti beans and found this creamy white squash, the plant was a swap with a neighbour and I just love it’s bulbous form. …READ MORE…
Shallots
10 August 2011
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These lovely shallots have been ripening in the sun for a while now, tomorrows job is to clear out the shed so that I can store them. …READ MORE…
The best things in life come wrapped in newspaper
21 July 2011
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Recently I was discussing with a fellow vegetable grower, with far more practical knowledge than me, about what to pop in the ground after the potatoes were out. The next week he gave me a fabulously wrapped set of leeks. Sharing of plant knowledge and plants is what makes growing veg great and I look forward to returning the favour with some plants that I hope will be worthy of a place in his plot.
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The plot
1 July 2011
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When I started renting the allotment it had previously been home to a few sheep and moorhens. I started of with one long bed growing a bit of everything, I was hooked.
