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Category Archives: Gardening
News from the Garden
Finally! Our tomatoes are begining to ripen. It’s been a wet miserable summer but the last few weeks have been quite warm and the tomatoes are on the change! Hopefully we won’t have to make too much green tomato chutney … Continue reading
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Garden Jelly
We were given a bag of apples when our neighbour’s cow died… she is a lovely lady who cared for a retired dairy cow on her smallholding up the road from where we live. I think the old girl made … Continue reading
Salad Days…
I planted a load of salad seeds from last year not really expecting too much from them but bugger me! Look at this lot! I’ve been picking leaves everyday from my sink full of salad. The tomatoes, beans and chillies … Continue reading
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Grow Your Own!
I love this time of year. The garden is beginning to wake up. The way the ferns slowly uncurl is quite magical. I am hoping to grow quite a lot of food in the garden this year. Yesterday I planted … Continue reading
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Bolognaise with or without Carrots?
I have done a giant U-Turn on carrots in Bolognaise. I used to be quite snobby about the idea of adding them. Then, after reading up on it and hearing several different people describe how they make their Bolognaise sauce, … Continue reading
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Last of the Chillies!
Marc just picked the last of the chillies from the garden, the plant has been slightly frosted but the chillies are fine! I fancy a pokey hot curry to warm us up as it’s flippin freezing today! Might go mad … Continue reading
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Olives – Day 12
The olives are now submerged in brine under olive oil… we’ll see what they taste like at Christmas!
Olives – Day Eight
Day eight. The olives have swollen up a bit and there is a clear change in colour from day one. Two more days to go under water then they’ll go into brine… I can’t wait to see what they’ll be … Continue reading
Olives from the garden!
Day One: Marc picked the olives (we got around 35 – it’s only a little tree). He put them in water and left them to soak. They have to be left under water for ten days – changing the water … Continue reading
Kitchen Window Chillis
The chillis on my kitchen window sill are doing very well! These little firey peppers are great in salads, veggie chilli, curry and a host of other dishes including scrambled tofu and they just look so pretty!