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• Keeping Things Going

  

  For me it is not a busy time in the garden. I'm harvesting a fair bit of stuff, but it doesn't take very long or involve a lot of effort. Tomato recipes are ver... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Pink Fir Apple

  

  If ever there was a potato variety with character, "Pink Fir Apple" is it. Its knobbly shape defies all the conventions on how a potato should look; some would... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Short Break in the Cotswolds

  

  It was Jane's birthday last Saturday, and we decided to mark the occasion by spending a couple of nights in a little hotel in Winchcombe, in the Cotswolds. Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Chilli Update

  

  I still can't show you any ripe chillis. The best I can do is this:-"Aji Limon"It's an "Aji Limon" fruit, so when ripe will be bright yellow, but at present it'... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Cucamelons

  

  Last year there was a big craze in the UK for growing Cucamelons (aka Mouse Melons or Mexican gherkins) and the reports I read about them were very mixed. Some... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 15th Aug 2106

  

  This week saw me harvesting the first of my Beetroot:"Boltardy"They are quite late for a first picking, but they were held back by having to compete with the... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Runner Beans - a Contrast in Styles

  

  Like most gardeners and allotmenteers in the UK I grow some Runner Beans every year. In fact, I'd probably go so far as to say that they are THE most popular... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Continuing Care for the Tomatoes

  

  Having lost one of my big tomato plants to blight last week, I'm being even more assiduous in my care for the remainder now! I have largely managed to hold... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Cocktail Carrots

  

  Anyone who has been following my blog for a while will know that each year I grow little cocktail (aka Finger) carrots in a raised wooden planter that stands... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Marinara Meatballs and Camargue Rice

  

  It's a while since I wrote anything about food. That doesn't mean that I haven't been cooking - simply that during the Summer months there are more things... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Pressing the Accelerator

  

  Wouldn't it be nice if you could count on the weather to be good when it needs to be good? Or at least to be predictable so that you could aim off for it. Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Blight Takes Its Toll

  

  Now here's a sorry sight:That is all that remains of my "Costoluto Fiorentino" tomato plant. Despite my efforts to save it, it finally succumbed to the blight. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 08 August 2016

  

  First harvest of the week this time, on Tuesday, was another batch (400g) of Runner Beans:Runner BeansThis batch is comprised mainly of "Streamline" beans. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Treating Brassicas for Whitefly

  

  Over the last few years, I have had a lot of trouble with Whitefly on my brassicas. They establish colonies on the undersides of the big plants (their... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Enrolling Some Volunteers

  

  "Volunteer" is the name I give to a plant that just appears in the garden of its own accord, without being deliberately sown or planted. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Chillis and Tomatoes

  

  Today's post is an update of progress with my two favourite types of veg- chillis and tomatoes.Although I wouldn't say we have had lovely weather, it has for th... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wonky Veg

  

  The drive to get supermarkets to accept, and sell, imperfect (aka "wonky") fruit and vegetables seems to have largely dropped out of the news now, so I'm going... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Sexing Cucumbers

  

  I am aware that many of my readers will know this already, but a cucumber plant normally produces flowers of both male and female sexes. Some varieties have bee... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Runner Beans

  

  The Runners have been a bit slow off the mark this year. Lots of the early flowers did not set. Many of the flower-stalks look like this - just the odd one or... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 01 August 2016

  

  Hurrah for Summer and its varied harvests!Top of the bill this week are the first of my Spring Onions:I'm very proud of these onions, because they are the... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME