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Sunday, 25 September 2011

Mmm, sweetcorn

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Picked our first two sweetcorn today. As you can see, one was far better than the other (sorry Jamie!). They were deliciously sweet and wort...
Saturday, 24 September 2011

A bit of clearing

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Spent a bit of time clearing up some of the plot today. Pulled the patty pan plant - there were just a few small squashes but others that we...
Monday, 19 September 2011

Extreme rain!

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We decided to walk up the allotment yesterday afternoon to pick a cabbage and some carrots. We badly mis-timed it! We had to shelter under ...
Sunday, 18 September 2011

Manure

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We're a bit concerned with the broad bean we planted as a test in the horse manure. The leaves are really curled like reported with Am...
Saturday, 17 September 2011

Still growing

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We pulled our second purple spud and got a whole trugful. Also pulled the biggest turnip and ate that raw as a snack. It's one of the Oa...
Thursday, 15 September 2011

Definitely Autumn

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It's been cold the last couple of mornings but the days have been pretty warm. The leaves are all turning and quite a few leaves are do...
Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Giant Patty Pans

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Picked a giant patty pan to have stuffed for my dinner and picked one for my friend at work - they weigh about 1kg each! I'm having mine...
Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Purple Cottage Pie

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Had lovely veggie cottage pie for dinner. Instead of browning on top it went a deeper purple - really beautiful!
Monday, 12 September 2011

Green Tomato Chutney

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We made the chutney using this recipe: http://www.pickleandpreserve.co.uk/index.php/rapid-recipes/green-tomato-chutney We only used half t...
Sunday, 11 September 2011

Purple mashed potato

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We had our first ever purple mash - looked amazing, maybe some would find it a little off-putting, but I like purple!!