Category Archives: Gardening

Purple and yellow carrots

Day 16 in the 2015 Vegan MoFo: Complimentary colours – For instance, Red & Green, Purple & Yellow, Blue & Orange. Purple and yellow carrots! Real ale is now called ‘craft beer’ and fancy restaurants call carrots like these ‘heritage carrots’. … Continue reading

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Green tomato chutney

This is the first time I’ve made chutney and it worked really well! The tomatoes were donated by a lady who used to live next door to me, she pops round now and again… I will give her a jar, … Continue reading

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Green Tomato Chutney

Our tomato plant had a second wind and made another load of fruit! I think it was the warm September we had. Anyway, my fella was chuffed as nuts as he got to pick them and make green tomato chutney… … Continue reading

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Corn Porn 2

I have a love affair with tomatoes and corn. I remember them from my childhood. I only had them in the summer. They were extraordinary. Alice Waters Previously… I wrote about my obsession with fresh sweetcorn in 2011 in Corn … Continue reading

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Redcurrant Jelly

It’s that time of year! My redcurrant bush was dripping with currants this year! I’ve been adding them to salads and brunches and everything inbetween. Marc picked a load and made redcurrant jelly which we will be tucking into with … Continue reading

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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!  

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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

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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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