Spring Cabbage planting
I’ve just been planting out spring cabbage for overwintering and an expected harvest in early spring next year.… Read more
Cucumber marmalade
What do you do with a glut of cucumbers? Just two plants grown in the greenhouse this year and still an abundance of fruits. After making as much Tzatziki and Michoteta as I could eat and having had enough of … Read more
Plum season
We are harvesting our purple plum ‘Czar’ from the small tree on our allotment right now. This tree had an unfortunate start to its life – bought fairly cheaply from a supermarket, it spent two seasons in a pot next … Read more
Another good tomato year…so far
So far this year the tomato harvest has been really good and no sign of late blight yet despite the rain and wind which has dominated the weather since July. I’m growing the same varieties as last year, namely; Akron … Read more
Apple Harvest
Nearly missed out on harvesting 70lbs of Egremont Russet apples in peak condition by not taking account of the weather in this most unusual summer. I would normally harvest these towards the end of September but we noticed this weekend … Read more
A very full tart
One of Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes from the cookbook called ‘Plenty’, this was made almost entirely with produce from the allotment. Not our peppers which aren’t quite ripe yet but the hens supplied the eggs and included are our cherry tomatoes, … Read more