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Up the bum - no babies!!!
I saw a frog hiding under my romanesco's this morning!
Did a jam and a chutney/ relish.I made a jammy sort of thing with the (shop bought ) greengages I had. I'm not sure how they'd do as a sauce tbh. Did you try it?
Ace!Yep - shared with my flatmates. I toasted and crushed some cumin and coriander seeds, mixed that with oregano and garlic, then stirred it into olive oil to make a sort of paste. Then smeared over wedges of squash and roasted in the oven.
It was awesome
Me too - haven't had as much time for the garden as I normally would, being in the final year of my degree, but now that's over we've got some manure on order from one of the local stables and someone to deliver it, and hoping to dig that in sometime in October, once the beds are clear. The soil in the garden was so depleted, it was amazing to get anything out of it, but the broad beans seemed to not care, and neither did the rocket or the spuds. The other beans were far more fussy, and so the plan is to recycle the kitchen veg waste directly into a 'bean trench', and cover over. This is an old trick, which my ancient gardening sources swear by for bean growing. The bean seeds will then be planted into that trench, and hopefully not suffer any nutrient definiencies with the added advantage of being completely organic.^^^ Oh very well done! That lot looks so fantastic! Ive loved this thread this year
Melinda said:Did a jam and a chutney/ relish.
Greengage chilli jam with caramelised onion. Plus a spicier relish with shed loads of apple and caramelised onion with lots of toasted spices. I was so pleased with them both, Ive only got a jar and half left now. The rest has been taken. Id love to try again if I can get hold of more greengages.
Ace!
Question re tomatoes - I've still got loads on my plants outside but they're still green. If it starts getting cold and frosty at night, are they going to be ok? Or should I just pick them all now and stick them on the windowsill indoors to ripen (or in a drawer or whatever you're meant to do )
Manure arriving either this weekend or next, from a local stable
That should help with the sandy, depleted soil which the climbing beans hated.
IP- is it well rotted manure? Or is it fresh?
You may have to stack it for a year which is such a pain.
slice, dip them in flour and seasoning and fry.
could everyone please stop posting pictures of their huge tomato haul. thanks.
my garden got some form of blight type thing while I was working away for a couple of weeks, and I've had to rip out most of the tomato plants, corgettes, pumpkins and oddly enough, sprouting brocolli in a vain attempt to save the rest of it. Luckily I'd also planted several bits in different sections of the garden which don't seem to be affected yet (thought the slugs and catapillers have been very hungry indeed), and the indoor stuff is mostly ok, but I'm generally not happy.
In other news, I managed to cut a big ash tree right back using only a hand saw and some long seceters and my roped access harness over the weekend... I now can barely see the garage for branches, and my arms hurt a bit.