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• End-of-season Chillis

  

  With the Autumn having been unusually mild, many of my chilli plants have survived longer than normal this year. Some of the luckier ones were brought inside... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 21 November 2016

  

  I don't have a lot of cultivated harvests to report this week, but I do have a foraged one - more Hedgehog Mushrooms:Now that I have identified a place where... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Excuses, Excuses...

  I am not going to be posting much for a while. Now that's hard to say for someone who normally posts every day!There are several reasons:My garden is not exactl... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Slowest Sprouts on Earth

  

  For the last few years I have managed to grow a small number of "competent" Brussels Sprouts, but this year I'm really struggling.When you look at the tops of... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 14 November 2016

  

  This week I harvested yet another batch of "Boltardy" Beetroot - it just keeps on coming!The roots are not really growing much in the colder weather, so I had t... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Parsnip - Unsung Hero of the Winter Garden

  

  I sometimes describe Parsnips as "Marmite" vegetables - you know, love 'em or hate 'em. Mention Parsnips and many people will cringe and say "Yuck, disgusting!". Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Lot from a Little

  

  I have written several times about the concept of Value for Space Rating (VSR), which is a way of judging whether a crop is worth growing in the space you have... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Camargue Rice with Squash and Brussels Sprouts

  

  This is a recipe that I have concocted myself, with inspiration from Yotam Ottlenghi, whose TV series "Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Feast" we have recently been... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 7th November 2016

  

  Yay! We have had our first frost(s), so I feel justified in digging-up the first of my Parsnips:Parsnips "Duchess"I'm pleased with this trio. Nice and long and... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Vegetarian Chilli with Polenta

  

  As most you know, Jane and I are not vegetarians, but we do love our veggies and quite often eat meat-free meals. This post is about one of those. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Successes and Failures with Second-cropping

  

  Earlier this year I used the big plastic containers in which my potatoes had been grown to try to get a second crop from them. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Boletus Edulis - the Cep

  

  Out walking yesterday I spotted a nice specimen of Boletus Edulis, the Cep / Penny Bun, probably the most sought-after of all wild mushrooms, and of course I... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Hedgehogs

  

  Many of my readers follow me on Twitter and Facebook too, so they will have noticed that I'm getting very interested in fungi these days. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Not Winter Yet!

  

  I thought when looking out of the window early this morning that we had had our first frost of the year, but close inspection reveals otherwise. Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2016 GARDENING

• Harvest Monday - 31st October 2016

  

  My harvests this week are very much "More of the same". I'm still harvesting ripe chillis. This little basket has in it one egg-shaped Rocoto, and a few each... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Some Thoughts About Leaf-mould and Compost

  

  Autumn (aka Fall) is unquestionably the time of fallen leaves.So, are fallen leaves a PITA or another form of harvest? If you just leave them where they have... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Blanching Endives

  

  It's that time of year again - the time when I tie up my Endives to blanch them.Endives are much less popular in the UK than elsewhere in Europe and you seldom... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• They're Not Done Yet...

  

  Some plants produce a single harvest. If you pull up a carrot, that's it; finished. But some plants keep giving you more, and keep on going until the weather... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Importance of Food Education

  

  The social media is full of articles about how bad supermarket food is - especially processed food - and about how much food is wasted. Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Autumn Colours

  

  I have not been doing much gardening recently. There's not a great deal to be done, if I'm honest. The bean-poles have been packed up and put away; the perennia... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME