23 April 2024
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My polytunnel is getting quite full of seedlings (all sorts) and plants that are in the beds on either side but will come into their own later in the year. However, it has also started to bear edible fruit. For … Continue reading
20 November 2023
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I should have remembered that the final tomato harvest tends not to last too long. I spotted that one or two were developing furry mould so quick action was needed – ditching the affected ones, washing the rest and getting … Continue reading
28 September 2023
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This is a good chunk of this year’s harvest from our apple tree (which I’ve tentatively identified as the ‘wealthy’ variety). It is not as abundant as previous years but, given that apples often seem to have alternately good and … Continue reading
31 August 2023
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I took this photo a couple of weeks ago but there’s just time to get it posted in August: You can’t really tell in this photo but some of the flowers seem to glow as dusk turns into night, particularly … Continue reading
17 March 2023
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Here is today’s harvest from the allotment: They aren’t very big and I probably should have been more attentive to thinning and weeding but they also haven’t take a lot of work and give another helping of fresh veg grown … Continue reading
4 November 2022
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Today’s harvest has come from both the back garden and the allotment. In the back garden we picked probably the last of the tomatoes (there are a few green ones which might get kept if they start shifting colour very … Continue reading
12 October 2022
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Today has been a harvest day in the back garden – lots of tomatoes and over 13kg of apples! That’s great but it also demands attention. Some apples will keep quite well but, even if we had an apple with … Continue reading
10 September 2022
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This evening, I’ve been cooking up a tomato and vegetable relish. I’ve done that before but what makes this one special is that all the fresh ingredients are homegrown and come either from the allotment or the back garden. Actually, … Continue reading
23 August 2022
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This is today’s harvest from the allotment – a squash (weighing almost a kilo!), a handful of French beans and a small pile of potatoes. I’ve had squash and beans from the allotment before but this is the first time … Continue reading
21 August 2022
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I think our tomato harvest is likely to start this coming week. Several of the plants have fruit that have almost finished colouring up. Time to start getting my tomato preserving strategies in place (and make sure I finish up … Continue reading