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
It’s been a difficult year for growing runner beans. Too hot and the flowers will not set. But our French beans have done fairly well especially the climbing ‘Blue Lake’ variety. Here’s a recipe I like which makes good use … Read more
Last weekend – during a brief dry spell! – I managed to harvest the borlotti beans which had been left on the plants to ripen. With the relentlessly wet weather but frosts on the way it seemed like the time … Read more
The Potato Famine occurred in Ireland in the years between 1845 and 1849 when the potato crop failed in successive years. The Irish famine was the worst to occur in Europe in the 19th century and the crop failures were … Read more