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• Shakshouka

  

  Here's one for the vegetarians. This is my own take on the dish called Shakshouka or Shakshuka in which eggs are cooked in tomato sauce. Mine has a bit more to... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Square Potato

  

  I recently harvested another of my pots of "Nicola" potatoes:"Nothing remarkable in that", you'll say. But look more closely:Do you see that one on the top whic... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Picking Chillis and Tomatoes

  

  Despite the reduced temperatures, strong winds and torrential rainfall, my chillis are beginning to ripen in significant quantities. How they must yearn for... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Invention Test

  

  Sometimes when I'm cooking a meal I don't really decide exactly what I'm making till the very last minute - and even then I sometimes make adjustments "on the... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Carrots: Class 3

  

  In writing my blog I have made it a point of honour to declare the failures as well as the successes of my veg plot. It's time to declare another failure... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Runner Bean "Scarlet Empire"

  

  When I find a variety of vegetable that does well for me I grow it again and again. Such is the case with my beans. Every year I grow the climbing French Bean... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 11th August 2014

  

  August is the month in which I get my most varied harvests, so this week I have lots to report. At the left of that photo are these "Boltardy" Beetroot. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Tomatoes - a Second Chance?

  

  After all their earlier problems, the tomato plants seem to be getting a second wind. These ones are "Ferline". They look almost normal! Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Peppers and Chillis Are Ripening

  

  The warm weather we have had over the last month or so has brought the chillis on quickly. Most of the plants have at least a few fruits turning colour. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Spuds, Spuds and More Spuds!

  

  I have been harvesting potatoes again. I'm not complaining about this - far from it, I am really enjoying the long period over which my potatoes have been... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Wildlife in My Garden

  

  Take a close look at these two little twigs:It's just that one of them isn't a twig!That's pretty good camouflage, I reckon. OK, all you knowledgeable people ou... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• August Update

  

  August is a month of plenty in most of our gardens. Here's an update on some of the good things I have...Firstly, a "Bird's Eye view" of the ripening... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• More from Mark's Flower Plot

  

  A little selection of "non-veg" photos for you...Bumble Bee on Rudbeckia "Goldsturm"Wider view of the Rudbeckia - in full bloom now. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Harvest Monday - 4th August 2014

  

  The bulk of my harvest this past week has been formed by tomatoes and cucumbers.Tomatoes "Maskotka" and Cucumbers "Iznik"Just after I photographed those... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Share Collective - August 2014

  

  This is my August entry for the Garden Share Collective, a monthly "meet" of gardening bloggers from Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the USA. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• September Charm

  

  Fellow members of the UK Veg Gardeners' forum were commenting this week that the seasons this year had been "telescoped". Gardens got off to a slow start but... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Grasses, Part 2

  

  Earlier in the year (February, to be exact), I wrote about planting some Grasses, including a Carex "Prairie Fire", which I had just bought:And I also planted... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Potato "Nicola"

  

  I have been harvesting potatoes again... This time it is some of the variety "Nicola".This is a late Second Early type. It has cream-coloured skin and firm... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Echinacea

  

  For years I have wanted an Echinacea (aka Cone-flower). I don't know why I didn't buy one. I suppose it was because until recently I have considered my garden t... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Tomatoes - a Harvest at Last!

  

  I had hoped to have a nice harvest of big Beefsteak tomatoes this year, mostly ones grown from a Facebook friend in Belgium who kindly sent me a big pack of... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME