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• Chillis - a September Update

  

  My chillis didn't like the cold wet weather in August. They would have been expecting some nice warm sunshine to help them ripen fruit, but they didn't get it.... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Radishes - a Minor Success

  

  I'm usually able to grow radishes fairly successfully in my raised beds, but I often struggle to get them to grow in pots. They usually bolt before bulbing-up. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Clipping the Lavender

  

  Clipping Lavender after it has finished flowering helps to keep it compact and less "leggy". Even as the last of the flowers fade, new growth will be appearing... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Sausage and Lentils with Roasted Squash

  

  Saturday is normally my day to prepare Dinner. During the week Jane does most of the cooking because I'm usually out at work. This is last weekend's offering. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Vegetable Art

  

  I enjoy making my harvests look good, and presenting them nicely. I don't produce a lot of anything, and I feel that some good photographs can help to compensat... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 1st Sept 2014

  

  Over the Bank Holiday weekend and the early part of last week, we had really atrocious weather. Prolonged heavy rain, and temperatures much colder than normal... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Prolonging the Harvest Season

  

  I wrote yesterday about the early advent of Autumn this year, but today I want to demonstrate that the harvest season is by no means over, and in fact a new... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Autumn Already!

  

  Autumn in August? Surely not! But yes, it does seem that Autumn has arrived already. Although the weather forecast for the next few days looks a little more... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Kofte with Bulgur

  

  This is my interpretation of a classic Middle Eastern (Turkish?) dish. I don't claim that it is authentic, but it is certainly nice!With our weather here... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Are These Failures?

  

  Regular readers will know that I have had a good year for potatoes. The quality has been the best ever, and the yield has been respectable too. Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Horseradish

  

  The other day when I was out foraging I found some patches of wild Horseradish. It's easy to spot because of its very distinctive leaves.I suppose this... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Hedgerow Jelly and Plum Jam

  

  If you saw my post the other day about foraging, you will have gathered that over the weekend I was busy making jam. For me this is a new-found skill (I only... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 25th August 2014

  

  The harvest this week has been "bountiful" - lots of different good things have come into the kitchen...In that basket there are a "Predzvest" cabbage, some... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Foraging

  

  At this time of year the hedgerows are, as the saying goes, "groaning with free food". You just have to go out and help yourself to it! This is exactly what I... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Salad Showcase

  

  We eat salad a lot, and it probably doesn't figure on my blog as prominently as it should. I often pick just a few leaves here and there, and this doesn't seem... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• An Attempt to Revitalize Some Herbs

  

  At this time of year, many of my herbs have a very tired appearance, and their leaves no longer have the freshness and zing needed to make them appealing for us... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Rant About Poor Compost

  

  As lots of fellow bloggers have been doing recently, I feel I have to draw attention to how poor much of the commercial compost on sale these days is. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Cucumbers

  

  My "Iznik F1" cucumber plants are past their first flush of youth!From a distance, you would say that those plants (there are three of them) are definitely... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Resurrection

  

  I have a minor, but nevertheless satisfying, success to report. the Purple Sprouting Broccoli plant that had seemed beyond hope of survival has "come back from... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 18th August 2014

  

  This past week the weather has been most "unseasonable" - in other words, cool, wet and windy. Not like August is supposed to be. In fact it seems as if Autumn... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME