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• Wonky Vegetables and the War on Waste

  

  If you live in the UK you can hardly fail to be aware of the campaign currently being waged by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and others to persuade everyone to... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Wonder Plant

  Have you ever heard of Enset (Ensete Ventrisocum), aka False Banana or Ethiopian Banana? No, nor had I until recently, but now that I have heard about it I am... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Lamb Kofte with Lentils and Squash

  

  I've been leafing through my Middle Eastern cookbooks again! One of my favourite chefs (and these days a prolific author of cookbooks) is the great Yotam... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 9th November 2015

  

  My harvests this week have been very meagre. Since I was away for part of the week, then sick for 36 hours, and then the weather turned bad, I have not been... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Garage Gardening

  

  There is not much in the garden for me to write about at present, so I thought I might just give a mention to my garage, which is currently doing duty as a... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Leaves with Everything

  

  Today the weather is much more like "normal" November weather, with strong winds and torrents of rain - although it is still very mild. Between rain-showers I... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Bad (business) Trip

  

  This past week I was away from home for 3 days on a business trip. I stayed in a hotel which was very poor in many ways (It was booked for me by my employer, I... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Welcome Volunteer

  

  Whilst raking leaves off the shingle the other day, a little flash of green amongst the yellows and browns caught my eye. Closer inspection revealed that it... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Purple Sprouting Broccoli

  

  Regular readers know that I am a big fan of Purple Sprouting Broccoli (PSB), and that I grow some every year. This year I have just 3 plants - one each of "Earl... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 02 November 2015

  

  Well, I think this is my first proper Winter veg harvest:It's a "Mila" Savoy Cabbage. It's not big, but it looked bigger when it was still growing! The rather... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Removing the Nets

  

  For the last several months all my brassica crops have been covered with anti-butterfly netting, but I think the nets have done their job now, so I have taken... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Re-sprouting Leeks

  

  The other day, when I wrote about a couple of my Leeks having bolted, a friend suggested in a comment that it might be worth cutting them down and seeing if the... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Season of Murk and Sallow Sogginess

  

  The poet John Keats in his poem Ode To Autumn famously described Autumn as the "season of mists and mellow fruitfulness", but if he were here today I think he... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• October Salads

  

  Normally I would expect there to have been a frost before the end of October, which would kill off most of the salad crops. This year, October has been mild... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Winter Veg Update

  

  Until recently, I never made much of an effort with Winter vegetables, but I have now realised what a wasted opportunity that was, and I have taken steps to... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Autumn Colours

  

  This is what most people think of when "Autumn colours" are mentioned:On the other hand, this is what I think of:Yes, it's a Dogwood leaf. Regular readers will... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 26th October 2015

  

  Until I sat down to write this post I didn't think I had a lot of harvesting to report on this week. I soon changed my mind...Lots of the chillis are ripening... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Preparing Chillis for Winter

  

  Over the last couple of years I have been experimenting with over-Wintering mature chilli plants. If you can keep the plants alive over the Winter they will... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Not Starfish

  

  These are fruits from my "Brazilian Starfish" chilli plant.The only trouble is, they are not Starfish-shaped as they should be. Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Cloves as an Anti-fungal

  

  Big Brassica plants like Brussels Sprouts and Purple Sprouting Broccoli are very susceptible to fungal growths, which seem to thrive in the cooler damper... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME